Quelle Histoire!: L’Histoire de Manon Revival Shines at La Scala Ballet
La Scala’s ballet troupe is among the best in the world and has lost no luster in this revival of a production it has been showing for thirty years.
La Scala’s ballet troupe is among the best in the world and has lost no luster in this revival of a production it has been showing for thirty years.
Culture is vital precisely because it sets the terms for everything else.
The WNO scores a success, delighting audiences with its freewheeling, Jazz-age New Orleans take on Offenbach’s Songbird.
When a banana duct-taped to a wall is juxtaposed against a Monet, the absurdity of this cultural revolution is starkly apparent.
There is a parallel between half-baked Jedi philosophy and the theory underpinning liberalism, as pointed out by Charles Taylor.
One gets the impression that the peoples of Europe are the only indigenous peoples without a right to exist.
Familiarity with the artistic canon is essential for those who would create it.
The ‘serious’ Rossini still does not get the appreciation he deserves in the opera world.
Viotti manages to strike a brilliant balance between infectious virtuosity and musical depth.
A consequence of Pergolesi’s posthumous fame: publishers sold works by other composers under Pergolesi’s commercially attractive name.
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