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Three Pianos and a Little Schubert at the A.R.T.

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The A.R.T. throws a killer Schubertiade.

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Boston Premiere of Laurie Anderson’s “Delusion”

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John Stephen Dwyer reviews Laurie Anderson’s new touring show Delusion.

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Audio Slideshow: Discovery Ensemble

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Marisa Gjurgevich speaks with Discovery Ensemble’s Music Director Courtney Lewis.

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On Porgy and Bess

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On the A.R.T.’s “Porgy and Bess” and adaptation.

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Midsummer Dreamscapes: Boston Lyric Opera’s “Dream”

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BLO closes out its season with a lucid production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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Sex and the City (of Rome): BLO’s “Agrippina”

March 17, 2011
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Handel’s “Agrippina” describes the title character’s attempt to install her son Nero as emperor, or at least heir, to her husband (and uncle) Claudius’ throne. You might remember something similar from the last episode of I, Claudius (and Claudius the God), but Handel’s librettist Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani had his own take on things and it [...]

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Meta-Minimalism and OperaHub’s “The Four-Note Opera”

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It’s long past the short run of OperaHub‘s production of Tom Johnson’s 1972 The Four-Note Opera, but I owe a few words to this hilarious show from a company that’s doing big things in the fringe opera scene. This production marked the close of their season, as they move to rename and re-orient themselves (and [...]

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