This show brings together two convention-inverting artists: the cabaret star Justin Vivian Bond and the opera singer Anthony Roth Costanzo.This show brings together two convention-inverting…
View More Review: Sounds and Styles Playfully Collide in ‘Only an Octave Apart’Category: Culture & Traditions
Wole Soyinka Is Not Going Anywhere
The Nobel laureate, whose new novel, “Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth,” is his first in nearly 50 years, refuses to…
View More Wole Soyinka Is Not Going AnywherePacking Your Purse (or Pockets) for a Night at the Opera
Melissa Clark takes in the drama with a side of snacks, neat and petite, to sustain her through the highs and lows.Melissa Clark takes in…
View More Packing Your Purse (or Pockets) for a Night at the Opera‘Aria Code’ Explores the Meaning Behind the Music
The podcast hopes to extend the appeal of opera, “an art form that comes with a fair bit of baggage,” to a larger audience.The podcast…
View More ‘Aria Code’ Explores the Meaning Behind the MusicAnita Hill Has Some Perspective to Offer
Thirty years after she testified before the Senate, the law professor talks about the experience, sexual harassment and her growing impatience with the slow pace…
View More Anita Hill Has Some Perspective to OfferThe Podcasts Opera Pros Tune To
Many favor shows about classical music, of course, but they also listen to shows about pop songs, “The Moth” and Conan O’Brien.Many favor shows about…
View More The Podcasts Opera Pros Tune ToMatt Amodio, the Latest ‘Jeopardy!’ Star, Breaks $1 Million
The Ph.D. student in computer science at Yale is only the third contestant to reach that level of winnings.The Ph.D. student in computer science at…
View More Matt Amodio, the Latest ‘Jeopardy!’ Star, Breaks $1 MillionCharles G. Sellers, Historian Who Upset the Postwar Consensus, Dies at 98
A Southerner who became a radical at Berkeley, he argued that democracy developed in America as a response to the emergence of industrial capitalism.A Southerner…
View More Charles G. Sellers, Historian Who Upset the Postwar Consensus, Dies at 98Mike Flanagan Explores His Private Horrors in ‘Midnight Mass’
In the new Netflix series, the acclaimed adapter of works by Shirley Jackson and Stephen King tells a more personal story.In the new Netflix series,…
View More Mike Flanagan Explores His Private Horrors in ‘Midnight Mass’The Score of Final Fantasy Gets Its Due at the Concert Hall
The beloved music for this video game and others have been covered on YouTube for years. Now some are performed at classical music’s grandest venues.The…
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