Thrust into the political spotlight Thrust into the political spotlight

The Met’s revival of Turandot on Saturday night was surprisingly contentious.

By May 01, 2022 at 9:54 AM
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When I am down to earth When I am down to earth

What does it mean anyway to get to know a diva, and why exactly would we wish to do such a thing?

By January 16, 2015 at 2:41 PM
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Fox and friends Fox and friends

Cecilia Bartoli, the revered, ebullient, and unique mezzo-soprano, does not like to fly in airplanes. Yet she managed to journey to St. Petersburg, Russia.

By November 10, 2014 at 8:30 AM
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The end of glasnost? The end of glasnost?

When Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the mantle of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985, a palpable change was felt in the air, from Novosibirsk to East Berlin. Words like glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) began to replace the gradually outmoded Leninist philosophies that had become warped under Stalin and Andropov.

By May 22, 2012 at 12:31 PM
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