Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook When the star singer Asmik Grigorian dropped out of the orchestra’s performance at Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Fifth and ...

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One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was attacked by jaundice, his limbs and ...

Foraging for the future: If much of his imagery feels rooted in the early 19th century Romantic era in which Victor Hugo grew up, the treatment often looks forward to late 19th century symbolism ...

I thought of this last night when the Met revived Fidelio, Beethoven’s opera, in the Jürgen Flimm production of 2000. Singing alongside one another were René Pape, Lise Davidsen, and Ying Fang. Pape ...