Dispatch
Falling for Violetta
With attendance still lagging at some opera houses in the post-COVID world, companies now…
The Critic’s Notebook by the Editors
Nonfiction: Carthage: A New History, by Eve MacDonald (W. W. Norton): Carthage, located in…
“Coaches against Trump,” by James Piereson
Several prominent basketball coaches, including current and past college and professional coaches,…
Spring again
For two weeks in a row, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla guest-conducted the New York Philharmonic. Her first…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “‘Lost’ painting reattributed to Rembrandt by Rijksmuseum’s…
Bell & his band
Last night in Carnegie Hall, I heard an English voice say, “I brought the London weather with me.”…
A balancing act
George Balanchine, the Russian choreographer known as the father of American ballet, will always be…
“Happy National Grammar Day,” by Joshua T. Katz
Today, March 4, is National Grammar Day: an occasion, the NGD website tells us, to “celebrate good…
“Forty-two little hours . . .” by Jay Nordlinger
Dinah Washington used to sing, “What a diff’rence a day made. Twenty-four little hours brought the…
The Critic’s Notebook by the Editors
Nonfiction: The Lost History of Roman Theatre, by T. P. Wiseman (Princeton University Press): …
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