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Williams piano concerto at Tanglewood; Ortiz curates Festival of Contemporary Music
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Opera, Tanglewood, RCMF, Boston Symphony Orchestra
A Listener: Cho and Ravel, Fauré in Rockport, Tosca in the Shed
Opera, Tanglewood, RCMF, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Leonore Overture

Opera, Tanglewood, RCMF, Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Boston, Chamber Music, Essays, RCMF, Visual Arts, Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Be the audience: New Gallery Concert Series, biennial BEMF, Rockport opens with Hewitt, Dover
Boston, Chamber Music, Essays, RCMF, Visual Arts, Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Leonore Overture

Boston, Chamber Music, Essays, RCMF, Visual Arts, Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Opera, Early Music, Classical Music, Boston Symphony Orchestra
With Ariodante, Pearlman says good-bye. So does Ed Barker, in the BSO's season finales.
Opera, Early Music, Classical Music, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Leonore Overture

Opera, Early Music, Classical Music, Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Arts Commentary, Early Music, Classical Music, Boston, Opera
From CVNA: Only one conductor for 53 years, and now Boston Baroque faces change. Martin Pearlman retires.
Arts Commentary, Early Music, Classical Music, Boston, Opera

Classical Voice North America

Arts Commentary, Early Music, Classical Music, Boston, Opera
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Composers, Classical Music, Opera, Vocal music, Tanglewood
"He was trying to be a good communist; we all were": The Boston Symphony Orchestra's Shostakovich box set
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Composers, Classical Music, Opera, Vocal music, Tanglewood

Leonore Overture

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Composers, Classical Music, Opera, Vocal music, Tanglewood
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Boston, Composers, Classical Music, Dance, Opera
…the blackbird whistling, or just after: Balanchine, Coltrane, Pearlman
Boston, Composers, Classical Music, Dance, Opera

Leonore Overture

Boston, Composers, Classical Music, Dance, Opera
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Arts Commentary, Opera, Poetry, Dance, Classical Music, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Two reviews: Boston Lyric Opera's The Seasons with ARC, Peart, Tanowitz; Boston Symphony Orchestra with Abrams, Chen, iFans
Arts Commentary, Opera, Poetry, Dance, Classical Music, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Leonore Overture

Arts Commentary, Opera, Poetry, Dance, Classical Music, Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Classical Music, Composers, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Visual Arts, Ballet
Ballets, Tchaikovsky and Bartok: Gabriela Ortiz, Swan Lake, BSO. At large in February
Classical Music, Composers, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Visual Arts, Ballet

Leonore Overture

Classical Music, Composers, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Visual Arts, Ballet
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Opera, Classical Music, Composers, Boston, Vocal music
Mark Adamo's Lysistrata: "No" means no—war, that is. OO/BMOP, with Gil Rose, comically portrays the resistance.
Opera, Classical Music, Composers, Boston, Vocal music

Classical Voice North America

Opera, Classical Music, Composers, Boston, Vocal music
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Boston, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Opera, Classical Music, Vocal music
From CVNA: Die tote Stadt, Boston Symphony Orchestra's semi-staging of Erich Korngold's 1920's opera
Boston, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Opera, Classical Music, Vocal music

Classical Voice North America

Boston, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Opera, Classical Music, Vocal music
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Composers, Boston, Classical Music
Andris Nelsons leads Eighth and Ninth, as Boston Symphony Orchestra brings its Beethoven cycle to a close.
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Composers, Boston, Classical Music

Leonore Overture

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Composers, Boston, Classical Music