music
A requiem could be sacred or secular: It’s the same grief
March 21, 2019The final bows, with an all-women cast of conductor, composer and the three poets, seemed like a fitting tribute to Women’s History Month!
Read more‘Lackawanna Blues’ a theatrical triumph for Ruben Santiago-Hudson
March 15, 2019It’s a thrilling piece of documentary theatrical memoir, a record and eulogy to a time and place we’ll never see again.
Read more‘The Sacred Veil’ opens hearts to the poignancy of death and loss
February 22, 2019Every culture has its ways of honoring the sacredness of life—and of death.
Read more‘Queen of Sheba’ and ‘Bánk Bán,’ two Hungarian operas in NYC
November 26, 2018For three nights, Nov. 1-3, the Hungarian State Opera ruled the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center with a roster of all-Hungarian operas.
Read moreThe importance of WOMEX and other cultural summits
November 20, 2018It is crucial to mobilize what is inherently a progressive alliance around the globe into one that can articulate the sensibilities of a large number of people. I see WOMEX as being the platform to enable...
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