A prelude and dance by the French master recently surfaced in a Paris library. Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic will give the world premiere. By Javier C. Hernández The conductor ...

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Joana Mallwitz, one of Germany’s fastest rising stars, makes her Metropolitan Opera debut in “The Marriage of Figaro” on ...

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If the name Anton Chekhov gives you anxiety, like saying it out loud might expose you as under-read and uncultured, you’re not alone. At the Barbican’s radical reinterpretation of Chekhov’s The ...

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After a string of theatrical duds, misfires and howlers involving Hollywood heavyweights Sigourney Weaver, Rami Malek and Brie Larson, Cate Blanchett was the latest star of the big screen to have ...