Arguably the least musical US national anthem

This is a tour of the new Arts of Africa galleries at the Met, given by Alisa LaGamma, Curator for African Art, and assistant curator Jenny Peruski, with special guests Manthia Diawara and Angélique Kidjo. In this new incarnation, the Arts of Africa galleries foreground […]

Wonderfully unexpected 1988 interview with John Williams by his old Hollywood pal, Andre Previn. Williams takes over, leaving Andre struggling to control the conversation…   The post So, John Williams, what made you interested in […]

So vociferous were the boos last night for Kirill Serebrennikov’s new production of Verdi’s Don Carlo that, before Elisabeth’s third-act aria Tu che le vanita’, conductor Philippe Jordan speared a white cloth with his baton […]