On the stage of Salzburg’s Great Festival Hall this morning was an organ. I thought of “Chekhov’s gun.” If there is an organ on the stage, it had better go off before the concert is over. Also on the ...

The Salzburg Festival has a few regular pianists, who give a recital every year. One of those pianists is Arcadi Volodos, born in the Soviet Union in 1972. (He has lived most of his life in the West.

In the old days, record companies offered you an opera in a box set. But they also offered you a highlights album: a single LP. You know the problem with Handel’s Julius Caesar? It is, basically, ...

Viola players “don’t get no respect,” as the late Rodney Dangerfield would say. They are the butt of endless jokes (sometimes told by themselves). But Gustav Mahler certainly respected them. He has ...

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

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Suzanna Murawski on “Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention,” at the North Carolina Museum of Art.

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Spanish lessons by James Panero On “1923-2023 Sorolla / Soto Centennials” & “Jewels in a Gem: Luz Camino at the Hispanic Society Museum” at the Hispanic Museum & Library.

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