Matthew Aucoin

A Crucial Reset

October 27, 2020

The Fury of Pierre Boulez

A collection of his lectures on music reveals the composer’s narrow-mindedness and disdain.

Music Lessons: The Collège de France Lectures

by Pierre Boulez, edited and translated from the French by Jonathan Dunsby, Jonathan Goldman, and Arnold Whittall

November 5, 2020 issue

Letter

Remembering Boulez

In Paris the composer’s word was law even if you didn’t subscribe to it.

December 17, 2020 issue

Opera at the Edge

Perhaps, in our newfound state of isolation, we can learn new ways to listen across borders, with open ears

Lear

an opera by Aribert Reimann, at the Paris Opera, November 21–December 7, 2019

Orest

an opera by Manfred Trojahn, at the Vienna State Opera, November 14–20, 2019

Heart Chamber

an opera by Chaya Czernowin, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, November 15–December 6, 2019

May 14, 2020 issue

Making Shakespeare Sing

On Verdi’s last two operas, Otello and Falstaff

Verdi: Creating “Otello” and “Falstaff”—Highlights from the Ricordi Archive

an exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum, New York City, September 6, 2019–January 5, 2020

December 19, 2019 issue

Music Without a Destination

‘Debussy: A Painter in Sound’ by Stephen Walsh

Debussy: A Painter in Sound

by Stephen Walsh

December 6, 2018 issue