From my monthly essay in The Critic (new issue out today) … Nothing in opera surpasses that single scenic blow to the seat of emotions. The effect is so visceral that I have seen cellists […]
The Oberlin Conservatory is marking the retirement of Peter Takács after 48 years with varied concerts and celebrations, including a new work by Robert Spano, one of his star students. Romanian by birth, Takács joined […]
Underdog: The Other Other Brontë – National Theatre Click here for tickets We think we know who the Brontes were, right? Three sad spinsters with a martinet father and an alcoholic brother, marooned in a […]