arts
“Keep the Aspidistra Flying”: A visit with George Orwell’s 1936 proletarian novel
October 2, 2017We cannot allow the name of George Orwell to be known only in connection with the fictional works Animal Farm and 1984, or with Homage to Catalonia.
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“Trouble in Mind”: Nobody knows the stage stereotypes I’ve seen
August 16, 2017This production of Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind came to me as a theatrical revelation. It is a classic “the worm turns” tale.
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“Lucia di Lammermoor” and “Die Fledermaus”: Fidelity, fatality, frivolity
August 11, 2017Tremendously exciting singing by world-class artists.
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George Frideric Handel’s “Alcina”: A candybox of baroquen and mended hearts
August 10, 2017Over the past 30 years Santa Fe has returned repeatedly to the operatic works of George Frideric Handel.
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“Pilgrims”: New play asks questions about replicating utopian genocide
June 29, 2017As Sigmund Freud argued in Beyond the Pleasure Principle, we are unconsciously compelled to repeat or recreate the conditions or experiences of violence we have suffered.
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