The Classical Music Our Critics Can’t Stop Thinking About

The Classical Music Our Critics Can’t Stop Thinking About

The New York Times’s classical music and opera critics see and hear much more than they review. Here is what has hooked them recently. Leave your own favorites in the comments. ‘Her Story’ at the Kennedy Center There was a time in recent memory when a performance of Julia Wolfe’s …

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Why Is an Entire Age of American Opera Missing at the Met?

Why Is an Entire Age of American Opera Missing at the Met?

“Vanessa” had the kind of pedigree you rarely see in a world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Samuel Barber, who was already famous for his Adagio for Strings, composed the score. Gian Carlo Menotti, his partner and an experienced hand at opera, wrote the libretto and directed. Cecil Beaton, mere …

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