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

Viola players “don’t get no respect,” as the late Rodney Dangerfield would say. They are the butt of endless jokes (sometimes ...

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

On Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda at the Salzburg Festival.

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Lady Pamela Berry (1914–82), also known as Lady Hartwell after her husband, Michael Berry, the owner of The Daily Telegraph ...

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Robert Steven Mack is the thirteenth and current Hilton Kramer Fellow at The New Criterion. A professional ballet dancer and filmmaker, he has danced with City Ballet of San Diego and Indianapolis ...