Also on the stage was the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and they would be conducted by Riccardo Muti, with whom they have had a relationship for almost fifty-five years. The first work on the program ...

That was almost a relief: this great pianist is human after all. Typically, he plays a “second concert” after the printed program is finished—a slew of encores. On Wednesday night, he played four, ...

The Salzburg Festival is staging Julius Caesar, with Emmanuelle Haïm in the pit. She leads Le Concert d’Astrée, the group she founded in 2000. The cast is an international one, loaded with ...

George Loomis on “Les brigands,” performed by the Paris Opera.

Grace Hartigan began her art career free of the past. She had no technical training, education in art history, or particular ...

Jay Nordlinger n Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” at the Salzburg Festival.

On Greek athletics, authorial cats, the licensing racket, Cretan painting & more from the world of culture. Emmanuel Tzanes, Christ the Great High Priest, ca. 1670, Tempera and gold on panel, Museo ...

In North America, the Atlanta Opera will conclude its ongoing Ring cycle next spring, while the Metropolitan Opera has ...

And in “The Author’s Apology” to Mrs. Warren’s Profession, which was first performed, amid scandal, in 1902, nearly a decade ...

Editors’ note: The following is an edited version of remarks delivered at The New Criterion’s gala on April 24, 2025, honoring Heather Mac Donald with the twelfth Edmund Burke Award for Service to ...