“Little Russia” referred approximately to the portion of the Russian Empire that is today within the borders of Ukraine. The ...
Editors’ note: The following passage is excerpted from Book III of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Aaron ...
The concertmaster came out and played an A on the piano, for the orchestra to tune. The first piece would be a half step ...
Isabel Leonard is an American mezzo-soprano. Our program booklet at Carnegie Hall said “Isabel Leonard, Vocalist.” “Vocalist” ...
Born in Venice and orphaned in his early teens, the talented Salieri was discovered by the composer Leopold Gassmann, who ...
Still, it is worth noting that some choices have really pushed boundaries. In 1998, ADS members voted for the prefix “e-”; in ...
Bennett Tucker on Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” at the Haifa Auditorium.
On I puritani, by Bellini, at the Metropolitan Opera. It has been a good season at the Met for “the sweet Sicilian,” as Wagner called Bellini. The company had already staged La sonnambula. (For my ...
On recent performances at Lincoln Center, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, the Met & the Park Avenue Armory.