For Schubert, a Sad Tale Was the Best for Winter
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The latest in this long line of winter journeyers is a British tenor, Mark Padmore, who sang Schubertâs song cycle at Weill Recital Hall on Tuesday night with the pianist Ethan Iverson.
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There were times when I despaired. The screaming point came at the Edinburgh Festival, where successive performances of Plleas et Mlisande , Il trovatore (both emanating from Hanover State Opera) and Orfeo ed ...
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(November 10, 2004) - They stood out in the cold, in the snow, in the middle of the night like concert junkies waiting for tickets to see their favorite band.
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This village in upstate New York's snowbelt gets a lot of snowfall during the winter, but last week's total &#151; more than 11 feet, unofficially &#151; might be an all-time record.
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Schubert died at 31. How much music did his early death deprive us of? Not a lot.
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"My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories, From Chekhov to Munro" (HarperCollins Publishers, 587 pages, $24.95), edited by Jeffrey Eugenides: In the introduction to this remarkable collection, Jeffrey Eugenides warns readers that good love stories aren't fluffy, happy-go-lucky affairs. Instead, they "depend on disappointment, on unequal births and feuding families, on matrimonial boredom and at least one cold heart."
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Christine SchÃ¤fer sang  Schubertâs  gripping song cycle  âWinterreiseâ on Sunday afternoon at the Rose Theater.
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Dropping its daily diet of stories on crime, corruption and evil wrongdoing, Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper printed only good news in its Christmas issue Friday.
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The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has put its marketing muscle at the service of its Winter Festival, thematic programs that typically have both major works and padding.
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Canio, the heartbroken clown in âI Pagliacci,â doesnât just suffer. In the Seattle Operaâs new version of Ruggero Leoncavalloâs opera, running through Jan. 26, he also dreams.
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The Seattle Symphony Orchestraâs recent history serves as a cautionary tale on how, in an artistic hothouse, a tangle of emotion and politics can veer out of control and take on a life of its own.
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A long-lost adagio by Beethoven will be performed for the first time next month.
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This forceful production concludes the Signature Theater Companyâs season, dedicated to August Wilsonâs work, on a stirring note.
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Verdiâs talent for penetrating melodies goes a long way toward explaining why so flimsy a drama manages such potency in a strong performance.
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There is joy and elation, and there is emotional torture and bitter disappointment in this torrid relationship that changes with the seasons in New England.
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When it was more difficult, skiing was definitely more elegant. The simple act of staying upright on two long boards as one shot down over a frozen surface was wonder enough, but then making turns along the way, actually steering the darn things. It was amazing.
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The Beethoven piano sonatas tell a story, but which story is a matter of debate.