The New York Times – Music:
Lukas Foss would have turned 100 this year. Here is a selection of key works from a long and varied (and now largely overlooked) career.
Author: Zachary Woolfe
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A Trio of Dangerous Women in a Met Opera Week to Remember
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The company started its season performing “Medea,” “Idomeneo” and “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” three of opera’s most distinctive scores, with care and passion.
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Review: In the Met Opera’s ‘Medea,’ a Soprano Stands Alone
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Sondra Radvanovsky took on one of opera’s most daunting roles as Cherubini’s classic came to the Met for the first time to open the company’s season.
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A Work of Mourning Comes to New York, With No Rothkos in Sight
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Tyshawn Sorey’s “Monochromatic Light (Afterlife),” written for the Rothko Chapel in Houston, becomes longer and grander for the Park Avenue Armory.
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How Much Would You Pay to Hear Great Music?
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With ticket prices for performing arts rising, could fresh approaches like pay-what-you-can increase access and foster more adventurous programming?
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Review: A Molten Song Recital, Without Comic Relief
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The mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo doubled down on melancholy in a superb concert at the Park Avenue Armory.
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Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional
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This composer’s latest stage work, at San Francisco Opera, is his most straightforward, but also his least inspired.
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Review: A Ukrainian Orchestra Speaks With Quiet Intensity
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The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, convened just a month ago, shows its defiance with sophistication, craft, rigor and subtlety.