They’re projecting They’re projecting

I love it, truly, just not that much.

By October 09, 2023 at 9:00 AM
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Lehman’s terms Lehman’s terms

The Lehman Trilogy had me in its thrall from the moment the lights went up. It’s absolutely spellbinding. That’s not to say I endorse it wholeheartedly, though.

By October 14, 2021 at 9:45 PM
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Behind closed doors Behind closed doors

Mozart appears to find promiscuity a source of humor rather than something that is a fundamental problem.

By May 05, 2019 at 2:57 PM
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Lion, tamer Lion, tamer

At Friday’s opening of Otello, there was a good deal of interesting going on, though not all of it necessarily onstage.

By December 16, 2018 at 3:59 PM
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A whiter shade of pale A whiter shade of pale

While the celebrity-studded, expensively-dressed audience gathered for the gala opening of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2015-2016 season seemed genuinely enthralled by Monday evening’s performance of Otello, it was more likely swept away by the power of Verdi’s genius than by Bartlett Sher’s puzzling, inert new production.

By September 22, 2015 at 12:31 PM
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