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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Bryan Cranston in TRUMBO

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When I was in grammar school, I remember one of my classmates got chewed out by one of my teachers because he was reading the novel Johnny...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

Lulu at the Metropolitan Opera

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Alban Berg 's last, unfinished opera Lulu (completed by composer Friedrich Cerha in 1970) came back to the Metropolitan Opera last ...
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Saturday, November 07, 2015

Spotlight: the Best Film of the Year

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Spotlight , the story of how a group of Boston Globe reporters exposed the cover up of sexually abused children by pedophile priests. The ...
Sunday, October 04, 2015

NYFF: Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs , Danny Boyle 's new film, from a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin , is a series of extraordinary scenes, most of them acted ou...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

NYFF: The Walk

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Robert Zemeckis loves to take us back to the future; his films recreate the past with his brilliant use of cutting-edge technology. He is...
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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Pope Francis is finally in the Americas

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 Pope Francis is finally in the Americas. He just landed in Havana, Cuba, where he has once again urged in his opening speech that rela...
Monday, August 24, 2015

New Documentary About Jackson Heights

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The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced that as part of the 53rd New York Film Festival a new documentary by Frederick Wiseman ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

A Sneak Peek at the MET's New OTELLO

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According to the Metropolitan Opera , rehearsals are well underway at the house for opening night, which will premiere the company's n...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Mary Jo Heath: The New Voice of the MET Broadcasts

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It has been announced that Mary Jo Heath will become the new Metropolitan Opera radio host. She replaces Margaret Juntwait , who died e...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Written on Skin at the Mostly Mozart Festival

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When George Benjamin , the composer of the opera Written on Skin , was a teenager he traveled to Paris to study with Olivier Messiaen . Th...
Friday, August 07, 2015

Fun Home and Hamilton

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I saw Fun Home last night, a few months after it won the Tony Award as best musical. I thought I was a little late in getting to it, but ...
Thursday, August 06, 2015

Just Stick to Singing, Juan Diego!

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It cannot be denied that Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez has the kind of voice that only comes once in a lifetime. His lyrical, leggero ...
Wednesday, August 05, 2015

The NY Film Festival welcomes Laurie Anderson

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A recent press release from the Film Society of Lincoln Center reveals that Laurie Anderson has been commissioned to design the poster f...
Sunday, August 02, 2015

Benedict Cumberbatch's HAMLET

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Next week Benedict Cumberbatch begins his sold-out run of Hamlet at the Barbican in London. The production will be directed by Lindsey ...
Friday, July 31, 2015

Pope's Visit Forces Change for the NYFF

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I received the following from the Film Society of Lincoln Center: New York, NY (July 29, 2015) – The Film Society of Lincoln Center ann...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

NY Times Review of the new Bayreuth "Tristan"

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The following review appeared today in the New York Times . BAYREUTH, Germany — It’s the season of re-evaluating well-loved characters we...
Friday, July 24, 2015

More Green Hill Shenanigans

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The following article appeared on The Guardian : It’s that time of year again: the balmy nights of late spring are the augurs ...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Shenanigans on the Green Hill

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Lots of news to report.  First, a poster advertising Opening Night of the Bayreuth Festival (on the left) is now available. The festival ...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

The Great Jon Vickers is Dead

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Jon Vickers , the great Canadian tenor who excelled in such operatic roles as Otello , Tristan and Peter Grimes died at the age of 88 of...
Thursday, July 02, 2015

Jurassic World: More of the Same

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Mankind's twisted dream to play God is at the heart of the best horror movies in cinema history. It is the driving force behind not ju...
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Vincent Vargas is a retired foreign language and film history teacher from New York City. He runs websites dedicated to Casablanca (www.vincasa.com) and Richard Wagner (www.wagneroperas.com).
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