Jacob’s early scholarship focused on the Nibelungenlied; Schmiesing argues that his fascination with the epic poem stemmed ...

“One of the many mysteries of art is how the Muse picks the most disparate people,” said the German British painter Frank ...

The Iowa poll is (or was) a highly respected operation whose results could not be easily dismissed. The poll has been a ...

In David Geffen Hall, Miah Persson came out to sing Strauss’s Four Last Songs. She is a veteran Swedish soprano. She knows ...

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Mozart is the great test of musicians—of violinists, pianists, singers, and conductors. Mozart is what separates the men from ...

George Loomis on “Macbeth” at the Parma Festival Verdi.

Robert Frank in Dialogue” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

The Wagner concert was titled “Gods and Mortals,” an oddity since Wagner’s gods perish and are thus quite mortal. The program ...

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