Yes and no Yes and no

William Kentridge‘s eclectic The Great Yes, The Great No arrives at Cal Performances.

By March 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Lulu Lulu

Starring Marlis Petersen, Susan Graham, Daniel Brenna, Paul Groves, Johan Reuter and Franz Grundheber, conducted by Lothar Koenigs. From November 21, 2015.

By September 03, 2020 at 5:35 PM
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Every snarl and shimmer Every snarl and shimmer

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra reigned supreme at the opening night of Wozzeck on Friday evening, rendering every snarl and shimmer of Berg’s score with gripping intensity.

By December 28, 2019 at 12:04 AM
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Brute force Brute force

Alban Berg’s compact yet potent oeuvre has long played an outsized role in shaping my understanding of music’s aesthetic evolution.

By January 01, 2019 at 1:35 PM
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The leggy movie The leggy movie

This Met’s second production of Berg’s 1935 opera was the hot topic of November 2015.

By February 14, 2017 at 9:00 AM
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Cherchez la femme (fatale) Cherchez la femme (fatale)

Lilith. Pandora. Circe. Salome. “La Belle Dame sans Merci.” Carmen. Brigid O’Shaughnessy: the eternal “femme fatale” still fascinates us.

By November 06, 2015 at 12:10 PM
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