Seder play Seder play

A new DVD recording of La Juive boasts considerable musical strengths in spite of a frustrating production.

By April 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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It’s hard to be a saint in the city It’s hard to be a saint in the city

It was thrilling to see and hear Will Crutchfield’s insights come to life onstage in performance when Teatro Nuovo performed Poliuto at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center Wednesday July 19.

By July 23, 2023 at 9:00 AM
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Steal me, sweet thieves Steal me, sweet thieves

Ali Baba ou Les Quarantes Voleurs continues straight-tone September with Teresa Stich-Randall as its heroine while Alfredo Kraus scales the heights with another Nadir.

By September 21, 2017 at 1:15 PM
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Fresh princes Fresh princes

Imagine two tenors releasing French opera aria collections at the same time without duplicating a single track!

By February 24, 2015 at 10:00 AM
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Farinelli from heaven Farinelli from heaven

My impossible wish would be to hear one of the great castrati who dominated opera for most of the 18th century.

By February 28, 2014 at 1:35 AM
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And to top it all off, the volcano erupts And to top it all off, the volcano erupts

the strip on my first and, so far at least, only visit to Las Vegas a few years ago, I noticed what to me was a most unexpected sight and startled my companions by pointing out the window and shouting “Auber!”

By August 14, 2013 at 3:01 PM
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