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• "So This Is How You Spend Eternity"

  

  Time, Groundhog Day and Wagner's Parsifal. by Paul J. Pelkonen Two fools a minute: Bill Murray and Richard Wagner. Photo of Bill Murray from promotional art... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: Piave's Eleven

  

  The Met's "Vegas" Rigoletto breaks even. by Paul J. Pelkonen Olga Peretyatko in Act I of the Met's current Rigoletto. Photo by Richard Termine © 2018 The... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: The Last Steps to Infinity

  

  Daniel Barenboim ends his Bruckner cycle with the Ninth. by Paul J. Pelkonen Daniel Barenboim in action at Carnegie Hall.Photo by Steve J. Sherman. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Climbing Twin Peaks

  

  The Carnegie Hall Bruckner cycle reaches its climax. by Paul J. Pelkonen Your guide to Bruckner: Daniel Barenboim. Photo by Paul Schimhofer © 2017 Deutsche... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Some Sentimental Hygiene

  

  Semyon Bychkov opens the New York Philharmonic's Tchaikovsky Festival. by Paul J. Pelkonen Pianist Yefim Bronfman, concertmaster Frank Huang (with violin)... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: The Philosopher's Stone

  

  Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin at Carnegie Hall. by Paul J. Pelkonen Bruckner (left) and his critics, Eduard Hanslick, Max Kalbeck and Richard... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Controversy and Counterpoint

  

  The Bruckner odyssey continues with Symphony No. 5 by Paul J. Pelkonen The Bruckner-Orgel in St. Florian, Linz, Austria, where composer Anton Bruckner was... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Silenced No More

  

  The Carnegie Hall Brucknerthon continues with the Fourth. by Paul J. Pelkonen Quiet please: Daniel Barenboim leads the unquiet symphonies of Anton Bruckner at... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Festival Preview: Beloved Friend: Tchaikovsky and His World

  

  The New York Philharmonic goes all-in on the Russian romantic. by Paul J. Pelkonen Semyon Bychkov and friend. Original promotional photograph © 2016 Decca... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: The Master's Singer

  

  Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin play Mozart and Bruckner. by Paul J. Pelkonen Richard Wagner (left) greets Anton Bruckner in Bayreuth in 1873.... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Voices in the Wilderness

  

  The Staatskapelle Berlin takes on the Bruckner Second. by Paul J. Pelkonen Leading from the piano: Daniel Barenboim. Photo © 2017 Staatskapelle Berlin. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: The End is the Beginning

  

  The Bruckner marathon begins at Carnegie Hall. by Paul J. Pelkonen Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle.Photo © 2016 by Chris Christodolou. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: One Last Chance at Rosina

  

  Javier Camarena closes the book on Il Barbiere di Siviglia. by Paul J. Pelkonen The cast of Il barbiere di Siviglia clown it up in Act II of Rossini's... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: It's Still the Same Old Story

  

  The Met's new Roméo et Juliette is handsome but unnecessary. by Paul J. Pelkonen Star-crossed and Bible black: Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau are Roméo et... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Superconductor Audio Guide: Die Zauberflöte

  

  Mozart’s final opera continues to thrill audiences and befuddle theater directors. by Paul J. Pelkonen Christopher Maltman as Papageno in the Metropolitan... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: It’s Done With Mirrors

  

  The Yoshiki Classical Special comes to Carnegie Hall. by Paul J. Pelkonen The pianist Yoshiki in concert at Carnegie Hall.Photo by Ken Pierce © 2017 Piercing... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Metropolitan Opera Preview: Rigoletto

  

  Verdi's great tragedy returns for another round at the Vegas tables. by Paul J. Pelkonen Željko Lučić sings Rigoletto and all your lounge... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: The Way the Big Wheel Spins

  

  The New York City Opera bets the farm on Candide. by Paul J. Pelkonen The cast of Candide hoofs through "What's the Use?" in Act II of the LeonardBernstein... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Achilles' Last Stand

  

  Alan Gilbert takes in the challenges of Beethoven and Brahms. by Paul J. Pelkonen The pianist Stephen Hough joined the Mew York Philharmonic this week. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: A Cabinet of Carnage

  

  David Lang goes for the gut (literally) with anatomy theater. by Paul J. Pelkonen 'This pity she's a corpse: Marc Kudisch and Peabody Southwell share a tender... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA