“Oh how I sympathize with King Canute!” “Oh how I sympathize with King Canute!”

Norman Lebrecht, who is now actively trying (and failing) to destroy classical music—and why not: look how cruelly the industry has treated him!—has published a “review” from a “critic” who walked out of a three-act opera after the first act.

By on February 08, 2014 at 2:31 PM
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Sticks and stones Sticks and stones

Here’s a story in which practically nobody in authority comes off well.

By on February 03, 2013 at 4:18 PM
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“Anna Bolena… opened at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday in a new production featuring Anna Netrebko and two handsome Irish wolfhounds who helped us get through one very tedious scene.” (Bloomberg News, Manuela Hoelterhoff)

By on September 28, 2011 at 11:04 AM
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