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Wuorinen’s “Brokeback” opera slated for 2014
One of the many endeavors left in the wake of New York City Opera’s near collapse a few years ago was Charles Wuorinen‘s two-act operatic adaptation of “Brokeback Mountain.” But the composer has...
View ArticleHans Werner Henze (1926-2012)
“The connecting thread between this vast array of works in so many disparate genres was politics, a commitment to which never left him, although varying in degree over time. Henze adhered throughout...
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Milton Glaser’s timely images & insights
It’s time again to ♥ NY. That wasn’t the case a week or so ago when I interviewed Milton Glaser. It was just because two shows of his works were coming to Albany…. Designer Milton Glaser is the man...
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Todd Oldham on the ballot
The Times’ Op Ed online pages ask Todd Oldham to do a ballot make-over. There’s no big revelations here. Clear design=easier voting. Bad design=George W. Bush. What’s surprising is what a shaggy dog...
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Ades’“The Tempest” storms theaters worldwide
Saturday afternoon the Met’s Live in HD broadcasts features Thomas Ades’ “The Tempest.” The composer conducts. Here’s a sampling of reviews of the production starring Simon Keenlyside and directed by...
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Cage and Gould in virtual dialogue
It sounds like a late-night parlor game: pick two artistic geniuses of the 20th century that you’d like to hear share a conversation in the great beyond. Michael Century had no trouble coming up with...
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Alex Ross on gay progress and “How to be Gay”
Honestly, I just re-subscribed to The New Yorker a couple of weeks ago after being away from it for a few years. Just didn’t have the time to keep up, such long articles and all. But if I’d not...
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A John Waters Christmas
Hold on to your Santa hat. John Waters is coming to town. Like a St. Nic for the adult set, the filmmaker, author and raconteur arrives with a sleigh full of nostalgic, smutty fun. It’s all done up as...
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Five Dances – a film in development
Small town boy comes to big city. Discovers his talents, discovers himself. Has difficult phone calls back home. It’s a familiar but sturdy set-up for a film. Yet rather than being a boxer, the...
View ArticleEars on Hiatus
My ears aren’t shutting down but this site is going on hiatus. Apologies to my faithful readers and to artists who have sent me discs or participated in interviews. While a source of pride, this site...
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