Opera Pick of the Week The Met Opera honors Dmitri Hvorostovsky with seven nights of streamed performances, including Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, with Renée Fleming
February 19, 2021
Opera Pick of the Week A new presentation of David T. Little’s Soldier Songs, starring baritone Johnathan McCullough and available for streaming by the Opera Philadelphia
February 12, 2021
Opera Pick of the Week The Metropolitan Opera’s 1983 production of Berlioz’s Les Troyens, starring Jessye Norman as Cassandra
February 5, 2021
Island in the Stream Rapa Nui native Mahani Teave learned to play the piano on her island’s only instrument. Here, an interview with the classical pianist
February 5, 2021
Good Grief New exhibitions spotlight the work of Anselm Kiefer and Berlinde de Bruyckere, artists evoking the pain and mourning of today
February 2, 2021
Opera Pick of the Week De Mondonville’s Titon et l’Aurore, by William Christie, Basil Twist, and Paris’s Opéra Comique …
January 29, 2021
Do the Twist More than 20 years after the puppeteer Basil Twist debuted his genre-defying response to Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique,” a film version is available for streaming
January 22, 2021
Larger than Life An exhibition pairing Henry Moore’s oversized sculptures and 70 of his drawings goes on show at the newly reopened Museo Novecento, in Florence
January 19, 2021
Tintin and the Money Rejected cover artwork by Hergé sells for a record-breaking $3.9 million, but the real drama is still unfolding
Whole in One A new documentary attempts to paint the definitive picture of Tiger Woods. But his is a story that’s far from over
January 12, 2021
The Tastemaker Azu Nwagbogu is building a vibrant art scene in Nigeria. Can he reclaim the continent’s artistic glories?
Après le Déluge The Louvre is sending thousands of unseen works to safety in case the Seine overflows
Bird’s Eye View Museums may be shuttered, but birding is not halted by pandemics. In New York City, a rare visit from three forest-dwelling Barred Owls
January 7, 2021
Mean Streets Fran Lebowitz’s name is synonymous with two things: caustic wit and New York City. Martin Scorsese’s rollicking new documentary series captures both
January 6, 2021
In Bloom Flowers from ancient to modern times inhabit a festive book of photographs and works on paper
Heart On His Sleeve Following a new Otello that streamed to thousands, the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s Alexander Pereira on directing opera mid-pandemic
December 23, 2020
Christmas Scamp Martin Jarvis records Richmal Crompton’s “Just William” stories as the young hero makes a mockery of holiday merriment
December 21, 2020
Good Pluck The Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital is gaining world recognition for his delightful mastering of the string instrument
December 18, 2020
