Category: REVIEW

In the Footsteps of The Bard

In Shakespeare’s Journey Home, Julian Dutton seeks to discover something new about the playwright by walking in his shoes.

The Commandments and the Constitution

Holiness and Society is obviously an essential book for those who want to understand Jewish political thought, identity, or sociology.

An Emperor Robed in Christian Theology

In Christ the Emperor, Smolin explains the complex relationship of 4th century theology and politics with exceptional facility.

Cycles in History

The Prophets of Doom provides fascinating portraits of thinkers who starkly contradict the progressive and globalist presuppositions of our time.

Lightness and Memory

In Memory’s Abacus, Anna Lewis exposes the reader to the weightiest topics without burden.

Religion As Family Policy

In Hannah’s Children, Catherine Pakaluk argues that tinkering and technocracy won’t save the West from its demographic decline.

Grim Paris <i>Salome</i>  Underserves the Work

Grim Paris <i>Salome</i> Underserves the Work

The gloomy production is a poor platform for superstar soprano Lise Davidsen and a generally stellar cast.

June 12, 2024
A Worthy Successor to Frost

A Worthy Successor to Frost

In Painting over the Growth Chart, Rattelle reminds us that the transcendent power of poetry is to preserve its subject forever.

Boris? It was Good Enough: Boris Godunov in Hungary

Boris? It was Good Enough: Boris Godunov in Hungary

In his debut performance of the title role, Gábor Bretz is superb in the Hungarian State Opera’s production of Mussorgsky’s enduring classic.

June 10, 2024
The Least of My Brethren: Sally Thomas’ <em>Works of Mercy</em>

The Least of My Brethren: Sally Thomas’ <em>Works of Mercy</em>

Living a life of mercy means encountering the ‘least of these’ in all of their particularity—and recognizing them in ourselves, too.

The Tortured Poets of Aristophanes

The Tortured Poets of Aristophanes

The three poets in Gerytades, like many politicians, find themselves on the cusp of success—but their decisions damn them, so they must trundle back home, thinking of ways to spin their failure into victory.

The Rise of Totalitarian Democracy in America

The Rise of Totalitarian Democracy in America

If you had described conditions in today’s United States to the average American at the turn of the 21st century, he would have thought you a madman.

June 3, 2024
A Songbird on the Potomac: Offenbach’s La Périchole at the Washington National Opera

A Songbird on the Potomac: Offenbach’s La Périchole at the Washington National Opera

The WNO scores a success, delighting audiences with its freewheeling, Jazz-age New Orleans take on Offenbach’s Songbird.

May 29, 2024
Norma in the Clouds

Norma in the Clouds

Angela Meade and Ashley Dixon are stunning in this fiery production by Palm Beach Opera.

May 18, 2024
Prohibitive Progressivism’s Perspective on the AfD

Prohibitive Progressivism’s Perspective on the AfD

Hendrick Cremer claims that the AfD represents a resurgence of Nazi thinking. His argument is unconvincing.

May 6, 2024
Transmania: How ‘Woman’ Became a Transgressive Word

Transmania: How ‘Woman’ Became a Transgressive Word

Why has transgender ideology become so pervasive that it exerts a sort of mental terror—obliging people to acquiesce to a powerfully altered version of reality?

Vienna on Tour: A New York Residency and Palm Beach Visit

Vienna on Tour: A New York Residency and Palm Beach Visit

This year’s Vienna Philharmonic U.S. tour sees memorable performances of Bruckner’s and Mahler’s Ninth Symphonies.

May 3, 2024
Resisting the Grievance Industrial Complex

Resisting the Grievance Industrial Complex

Rakib Ehsan does not deny the challenges we face, but he demonstrates that the Left’s dark view of Britain is far from warranted.

April 27, 2024