Angels, wizards, et al.
On an orchestral and choral concert in Salzburg.
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Time for Tannhäuser
On a new production of Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Zürich Opera House.
Verdi via Muti
On a performance of Verdi’s Requiem at the Salzburg Festival.
The Critic’s Notebook
On Federico García Lorca, the Aso O. Tavitian Collection, Franz Liszt and Elliott Carter, Grand Central Terminal & more from the world of culture.
Richard Strauss, phone home
On Ariadne auf Naxos at the Salzburg Festival.
Week in review
On H. G. Wells and John Buchan, Dorothy Osborne’s love letters & the Glasgow School of Art.
Fairy-tale endings
On performances of Puccini’s Turandot and Rossini’s La Cenerentola at the Bavarian State Opera.
The Critic’s Notebook
On the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, The Winter’s Tale , poster lettering, Green-Wood Cemetery & more from the world of culture.
One morning in Salzburg
On a concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, with Tugan Sokhiev on the podium and Lang Lang at the piano.
Sweet revenge
On Luigi Cherubini’s Medea at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus.
Week in review
On Marcus Terentius Varro, The Sun Also Rises & Waiting for Godot .
Surreal visions
On “International Surrealism from Tate: Fifty Years of Dreams” at the Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee.