In a year of much discussion of the Man of Twists and Turns, it was fitting that the Orchestra of the Greek National Opera ...
In a Medea, you need a Medea, for sure. Few title roles are as crucial. Still, there is no one more important in this opera than the conductor. He (or she) determines the character of a performance: ...
The book begins with Rowe’s visit to a fête, which revives happy memories of his youth. He stops by gift booths, plays ...
When did World War I begin? In his new book The Blood-Dimmed Tide: Central Europe’s Long Great War, 1905–1921, Jesse Kauffman, a history professor at Eastern Michigan University, provides a novel ...
On high culture, Ronnie Landfield, Rembrandt, urban architecture & more from the world of culture. Ronnie Landfield, Across the Wall, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, Findlay Galleries. “Ronnie Landfield: ...
The man is inarticulate.” Writing to his future wife Katharine in 1906 while in Cairo (a place he cared for no more than he ...
The performance was dull. “Insuperably dull,” to borrow a phrase from William F. Buckley Jr. (who was describing a book).
She pointed out that recent decisions by the Court have set off a new wave of partisan gerrymandering by both political ...
Jehanne Dubrow is the author of fifteen books,including most recently Frivolity: A Defense (Columbia University Press).
Robert Chandler ’s translations of Vasily Grossman, Lev Ozerov, Andrey Platonov, Pushkin, and Teffi are published by NYRB Classics.