At the end of the act, the audience let out an animal roar. You sometimes hear that in an opera house. And when you do, it’s thrilling. When Nézet-Séguin returned for Act II, he received a rapturous ...
On a performance of La traviata, at the Royal Opera House.
Jay Nordlinger on a concert of the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, with Vilde Frang, violin soloist ...
Robert Steven Mack on a performance of a selection of Balanchine’s work by San Francisco Ballet.
On “The Day is Gone: 100 Years of New Objectivity,” at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
The first work was Ein Heldenleben, “A Hero’s Life,” by Richard Strauss. Who’s the hero of that one? Why, the composer ...
Today, March 4, is National Grammar Day: an occasion, the NGD website tells us, to “celebrate good grammar in both our written and spoken communication.” Since I am a linguist and get my quotidian ...
Jay Nordlinger on a concert of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, with Joshua Bell, “leader” and violin soloist.
Max L. Feldman on “TIHANYI 140,” at the National Gallery of Hungary, Budapest.
On Roman theater, George Orwell, Esther before Ahasuerus, the borough of Queens & more from the world of culture. Artemisia Gentileschi, Esther before Ahasuerus, 1620s, Oil on canvas, Metropolitan ...