Some Barber, Some Mahler, a Final Note of Sondheim
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Sasha Cooke, a mezzo-soprano, saved Stephen Sondheimâs âTake Me to the Worldâ for the second encore of her New York recital debut on Tuesday at Zankel Hall. But that title could easily have served as a banner for the entire concert.
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The orchestraâs performances at Carnegie Hall this week reminded listeners that character and distinctiveness in classical music have not been obliterated entirely.
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A survey of Messiaenâs organ music performed by Gail Archer is sure to be among the yearâs highlights, to judge by the initial installment on Sunday afternoon.
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The noteworthy Caracas chorus demonstrated its range during the final program of the Mostly Mozart Festival, with works by Alberto Ginastera and Antonio Lotti on Friday.
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Eighteen months after the Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater announced an innovative commissioning project, few notes have been written. But the effort is gathering steam.
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Let the news ring out from Lincoln Center. Send word by satellite radio. Trumpet it in Times Square. An exciting new era was born at the staid old Metropolitan Opera on Monday night.
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Vocal beauty has always mattered in opera. Now physical beauty matters, too.
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Music directors of major orchestras donÂt usually get to name their successors, but Lorin Maazel of the New York Philharmonic has a suggestion.
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You don&#39;t have to be a Broadway producer to know it&#39;s important to send the audience out on a strong note. Give the folks something -- a tune, an emotion, a thought, anything -- to stay with them long after the curtain falls, a return on their investment.
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Playbill - The new Broadway musical, High Fidelity, will end its run Dec. 17 following 18 previews and 14 regular performances, the producers announced Dec. 12.
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There is a feeling of finality about âShrek the Third,â a sense that the tale has at last reached a state of completion.
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Tim Burton brings a cinematic freshness to Sondheim's musical about a serial-killer barber.
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In Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen, the composer has gone on a sentimental journey and created an enjoyable aural treat.
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There should always be room at the Met for wonderfully old-fashioned productions like this production of Wagnerâs âMeistersinger von NÃ¼rnberg.â
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Admirers massed by the hundreds in Modena's main piazza Thursday night to pay their final respects to Luciano Pavarotti, the tenor cherished by many as "the last, great voice" of Italian opera.
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Longevity puts a different ending on the Romeo and Juliet story.
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The hit Broadway show may now be filmed.