Second-Guessing Puccini
Live from Salzburg 2022, Asmik Grigorian takes on the trifecta Il Trittico
In Her Glory
Norway’s Lise Davidsen triumphs as Richard Strauss’s Grecian princess Ariadne
Making a Murderer
In London, a new play about President Vladimir Putin and Boris Berezovsky, from the man behind The Crown, is both topical and terrifying
It’s a Bird, It’s a Song … It’s The Birdsong Project!
With more than 200 artists, from Nick Cave to Yo-Yo Ma, offering their takes on avian-inspired sound, there’s something for everyone
The Eternal Quadrangle
From Rome, a sumptuous revival of Verdi’s early corker Ernani
Out of This World
Ghana’s buzziest young artist talks finding inspiration for his supernatural paintings
Rehabilitating Mozart
When Peter Sellars and Teodora Currentzis shook up Salzburg with La Clemenza di Tito
Once More, with Feeling
Alan Cumming stars in a documentary about a 30-year-old Scotsman who went back to high school, posing as a 16-year-old student
Her Sixth Tony
The riveting Audra McDonald channels Billie Holiday in decline
A Master Trickster, Re-Discovered
Remy Charlip created fanciful books for children—as well as everything from theater design to choreography (including the “Air Mail Dances”!)
Portrait Mode
Iké Udé’s carefully staged portraits set contemporary subjects in a world inspired by the drama of Dutch old masters
Finnish Firecracker
Live from Helsinki: Karita Mattila, diva without borders
Beethoven in the Fjord
Norway’s superstar of the keyboard, Leif Ove Andsnes, directs a chamber-music festival in his own backyard
Charlie Siem
The violin virtuoso and Dior model making classical music cool
End of the Line
A Streetcar Named Desire rolls into the 21st century, starring Gillian Anderson and Ben Foster
Going Seoul-O
Boy band BTS has generated billions for the South Korean economy, but after nine nonstop years, its members are “exhausted” and ready to pursue separate careers
The Monroe Doctrine
A new film about Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas follows the release of two documentaries (and Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala wardrobe malfunction), confirming our 60-year obsession with the star
The Noblest Roman of Them All
Ben Whishaw’s bespectacled Brutus dominates a Julius Caesar for our time
Never a Dull Moment
The French photographer Nicolas Rachline’s portraits evoke a colorful life on the move
