“A stage director’s opera,” by Jay Nordlinger.
Jay Nordlinger on “Julius Caesar,” by Handel, at the Salzburg Festival.| newcriterion.com
On a concert of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.| The New Criterion
On a performance of the Escher String Quartet with Alessio Bax at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts.| The New Criterion
On “Arte Salvata: Masterpieces Beyond the War from the MuMa in Le Havre,” at the Museo M9, Venezia Mestre.| The New Criterion
On Jane Austen in 41 Objects, by Kathryn Sutherland.| The New Criterion
On the late songwriter & mathematician Tom Lehrer.| The New Criterion
On Maimonides, Bensonhurst, chamber music in Greenwich Village, Estonian choirs & more from the world of culture.| The New Criterion
On “Hammershøi and the Painters of Silence in North Europe and Italy” at the Palazzo Roverella, Rovigo.| The New Criterion
On Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.| The New Criterion
On a recital by Arcadi Volodos.| The New Criterion
Jay Nordlinger on “Julius Caesar,” by Handel, at the Salzburg Festival.| newcriterion.com
Robert Steven Mack on Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion, the future of classics & Laura Ingalls Wilder.| newcriterion.com
Paul du Quenoy on a new production of La Bayadère at the Hungarian National Ballet.| newcriterion.com
Kyle Smith on “Angry Alan,” by Penelope Skinner at Studio Seaview.| newcriterion.com
David Platzer on “Gabriele Münter: Painting to the Point,” at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris.| newcriterion.com
Warren Frye on “The Last Peasant War,” by Jakub S. Beneš.| newcriterion.com
