Jan 29, 2020
Full of clever
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On Les Contes d’Hoffman at the Opéra Bastille.
Topic: “Paris”
Dec 26, 2019
Well worth the effort
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On the “Concert de Noël” given by the organist Olivier Latry at La Maison de la Radio.
Dec 11, 2019
A mixed Marriage
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On a new production of The Marriage of Figaro at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris.
Reflections December 2019
The importance of being Ernst
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On A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941–1945 by Ernst Jünger.
Nov 18, 2019
Opera’s grand fathers
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On “Le Grand Opéra 1828–1867: Le Spectacle de l’Histoire” at the Opera Library and Museum, Palais Garnier, Paris.
Oct 18, 2019
Week in review
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On cigarettes, Harold Bloom & the Pompidou expansion.
Sep 11, 2019
From Paris to Palm Beach
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On “Posters by Toulouse-Lautrec” at the Norton Museum of Art.
May 31, 2019
Week in review
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On Shakespeare’s late plays, autofiction, Notre-Dame redux & more.
May 24, 2019
Week in review
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On Shostakovich v. Stalin, supporting Notre-Dame, Mozart’s revolution & more.
Apr 25, 2019
Fatal passion in the Parisian spring
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On a new production of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and a revival of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra de Paris.