In the title role—that of the trovatore, or troubadour—was Michael Fabiano, the tenor from New Jersey. He sang with beautiful ...

Nothing but drums, cannons, men, misery of all sorts,” Beethoven wrote his publisher to describe the scene, which did nothing to help his incipient hearing loss. He dedicated the concerto not to ...

Bernadette sang Sondheim, the title song of Anyone Can Whistle (I believe). She then slinked off the stage, waving goodbye, ...

Teatro alla Scala, Italy’s premier opera house, includes an opera from the country’s pre-Mozart past in its programming each ...

David Butterfield on leaving Cambridge for Ralston College.

The two longest stories, “The Undefeated” and “Fifty Grand,” and the closing piece, “Now I Lay Me,” are weightier. I ...

One is to find out what painting is and the other is to find out how to make a painting.” Now, we can follow the complexities ...

Paul du Quenoy on a revival of Balanchine’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Miami City Ballet.

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Clare Rahner on a performance of the London City Ballet at the Joyce Theater.

Andrew Stuttaford on fiction by Johan Harstad, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Caroline Blackwood & Michel Houellebecq.