Change my mind about how <em>Orfeo</em> should end Change my mind about how <em>Orfeo</em> should end

By giving Orfeo ed Euridice a happy ending, Gluck ruined a wonderful score.

By John Yohalem July 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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A boozy short leave A boozy short leave

After 23 years, the Queen of Carthage has finally made it to Manhattan.

By August 24, 2012 at 10:44 AM
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Joy cometh in the mourning Joy cometh in the mourning

Is the threnody, the lament over a beloved corpse, the oldest form of song? Surely it is among the oldest; one of the most widespread and stylistically various, millennia before opera was devised.

By July 21, 2012 at 5:54 PM
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