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September 11, 2020
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The Problem With Redemption for Wagner
Willa Cather, Thomas Mann, and WEB Du Bois all drew on his work. Hitler was his most fateful disciple. Has the composer’s legacy been misunderstood?
October 3, 2018
An Opera for the City, an Opera for the Self
New York is the stage for the "Mile Long Opera," a breakthrough work of public art.
February 6, 2017
Rusalka Is a Fairy Tale for Our Gilded Era
Kristine Opolais and Jamie Barton glow in the Met’s new production of Antonín Dvorak’s opera.
October 22, 2014
The Anti-'Klinghoffer' Protests Are the Best Thing That Could Happen to the Metropolitan Opera
February 1, 2014
The Minor Greatness of Benjamin Britten
How did England's best composer accomplish so much when he aimed for so little?
May 26, 2013
Opera Is Not Dead
The rich history—and rich present—of a unique art form

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