The New York Times – Music:
In 1987, “Nixon in China” meditated on what was then recent history, depicting Kissinger as a smooth diplomat with a brutal side.
Category: Adams, John (1947- )
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How California Became America’s Contemporary Music Capital
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On the eve of a sprawling new festival, John Adams, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel and others recount how the state reinvigorated classical music.
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North Carolina Radio Station Won’t Ban Met Opera Broadcasts After All
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The station, which had called the Met’s newer operas unsuitable because of their “difficult music” and “adult themes and harsh language,” reversed course.
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Renée Fleming Adds a New Role to Her Repertoire: Pat Nixon
The New York Times – Music:
The superstar soprano discusses her debut in John Adams’s “Nixon in China” at the Paris Opera. For starters, she spends the second act with a dragon.
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How the Philharmonic’s New Home Sounds, From Any Seat
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After a major renovation, the acoustics throughout David Geffen Hall are strikingly consistent — but complicated.
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After Decades, the Philharmonic’s Hall Sounds and Feels More Intimate
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Judgments on the hall’s acoustics at this early stage are provisional, but a mighty improvement is already obvious.
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Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional
The New York Times – Music:
This composer’s latest stage work, at San Francisco Opera, is his most straightforward, but also his least inspired.
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John Adams, an American Master at 75
The New York Times – Music:
Adams, arguably our greatest living composer, has done operas inspired by recent history. In “Antony and Cleopatra,” he turns to Shakespeare.