May 23, 2022
New opera, old play
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On Brett Dean’s Hamlet at the Metropolitan Opera.
Topic: “Music”
May 17, 2022
“Make it good”
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On a performance of La bohème at the Metropolitan Opera.
May 10, 2022
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Parisian architecture, the Monuments Men, Bronislava Nijinska, Nabokov & more from the world of culture.
May 10, 2022
Two concertos, one for orchestra
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On Jaap van Zweden, Igor Levit, and the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall.
May 02, 2022
Music for a While #56: Playing on
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Jay Nordlinger, The New Criterion’s music critic, talks music—but, more important, plays music.
Apr 13, 2022
Being Yuja
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On a recital in Carnegie Hall by the pianist Yuja Wang.
Apr 08, 2022
Long live the song recital
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On an appearance by Elza van den Heever and Vlad Iftinca in Zankel Hall.
Apr 05, 2022
The Critic’s Notebook
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On afterlife narratives, Pompeian frescoes, Bohemian composers, Dance Theatre of Harlem & more from the world of culture.
Mar 25, 2022
HIP trouble
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On a performance by the ARTEK ensemble of chamber and vocal music by Dietrich Buxtehude.
Music April 2022
New York chronicle
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On recent performances at Carnegie Hall & Lincoln Center.