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A Dance to the Music of Death
Thomas Adès turns fleetingly recognizable musical elements into unstable, volatile substances tending toward evanescence and escape.
The Exterminating Angel
an opera by Thomas Adès, with a libretto by Tom Cairns in collaboration with the composer; performed by Amanda Echalaz, Audrey Luna, Alice Coote, Joseph Kaiser, Rod Gilfry, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies, and others; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Thomas Adès
Adès Conducts Adès: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and Totentanz
performed by Kirill Gerstein, Mark Stone, Christianne Stotijn, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
May 13, 2021 issue
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
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
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