Oct 09, 2019
Cadmean progeny
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On Semele at Opera Philadelpha.
Topic: “Handel”
Sep 03, 2019
Music for a While: Festival Time
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Jay Nordlinger, music critic of The New Criterion, talks music—but, more important, plays music.
Aug 19, 2019
Viva Cecilia (and Handel)
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On Alcina at the Salzburg Festival
Mar 14, 2019
Handelian feminism
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On the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s premiere production of Handel’s Ariodante.
Books January 2019
The man behind “Messiah”
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Dec 10, 2018
The Critic’s Notebook
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On reading modern art, remembering Richard Timperio, refreshing Handel & more from the world of culture.
Dec 03, 2018
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Eliot corrected, Roz Chast cartoons, “Messiah” at Saint Thomas & more from the world of culture.
Aug 17, 2017
A Handel experience
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On Ariodante, featuring Cecilia Bartoli, at the Salzburg Festival.