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Metropolitan Opera Preview: Samson Dalila

Metropolitan Opera Preview: Samson Et Dalila

The Met opens its 2018 season with Saint-Saëns' Old Testament thumper. by Paul J. Pelkonen Mr. DeMille, they're ready for their closeup: Roberto Alagna (left) andElina Garança wig... Read more

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Review: Borealis (The House Theatre)

Intelligent, exciting sci-fi world premiere Review by Lauren Emily Whalen It's hard not to love a play that makes liberal use of the word "asshat." Bennett... Read more

The 11 September 2018 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: El Grande De Coca-Cola (Waterfront Cafe & Summer Stages)

An evening of awkward, hilarious glory Review by Lauren Emily Whalen Welcome to a family-owned Mexican nightclub where tonight, Coca-Cola flows as freely as... Read more

The 04 September 2018 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Review: A Shayna Maidel (TimeLine Theatre)

Love between sisters overcomes dark time in world history Review by Lauren Emily Whalen In an early scene in A Shayna Maidel , New Yorker Rose welcomes her... Read more

The 01 September 2018 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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The Bernstein Legacy: Some Americans in Paris

Looking back at a flawed but interesting 1988 La bohème. by Paul J. Pelkonen The catalogue of any large record company is filled with interesting failures:... Read more

The 17 September 2018 by Superconductor
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Concert Review: A Long Trip to Jupiter

The New York Philharmonic brings back 2001. by Paul J. Pelkonen Class in session: the man-apes and the Monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey.Image © 1968 Warner... Read more

The 17 September 2018 by Superconductor
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Metropolitan Opera Preview: Adriana Lecouvreur

A new production for a New Year, with Anna Netrebko. by Paul J. Pelkonen They swoon. They smooch. They sing! Piotr Beczala supports Anna Netrebko. The singers... Read more

The 14 September 2018 by Superconductor
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Concert Review: Journey to the Center of the Soul

The New York Philharmonic drinks our milkshake. by Paul J. Pelkonen Pipe line: Daniel Day Lewis in There Will be Blood.Image © 2008 Ghoulardi Film Company,... Read more

The 13 September 2018 by Superconductor
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Metropolitan Opera Preview: The Magic Flute

The Met brings back its sturdy Flute for another toot. by Paul J. Pelkonen Bald soprano: Kathryn Lewek tears up as the Queen of the Nightin The Magic Flute.... Read more

The 11 September 2018 by Superconductor
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Metropolitan Opera Preview: La Traviata

The Met appeases its audience with a new, traditional staging of Verdi's tragic masterpiece. by Paul J. Pelkonen Costume design for Violetta, the star of La... Read more

The 10 September 2018 by Superconductor
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Metropolitan Opera Preview: Otello

Gustavo Dudamel makes his Met debut. There's singing, too. by Paul J. Pelkonen Baritone Željko Lučic returns as the evil Iago from Verdi's Otello.Phot... Read more

The 09 September 2018 by Superconductor
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