How Did Wagner Want His ‘Ring’ Cycle to Sound?
What began as a flippantly offered pipe dream, on second thought sounded too good to resist. Kent Nagano was leading the period-instrument ensemble Concerto Köln in concert performances...
Read moreWhat began as a flippantly offered pipe dream, on second thought sounded too good to resist. Kent Nagano was leading the period-instrument ensemble Concerto Köln in concert performances...
Read moreThis hen’s name is Nina (above, center). I was visiting a friend this past November in the Canary Islands —...
The Chinese Coast Guard combined forces with the People’s Liberation Army Navy and the Air Force near the Taiwan Strait...
A Woman of Pleasure A novel by Kiyoko Murata, translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter “Food and sake...
Female genital mutilation (FGM) remains illegal in Gambia — for now. A decision in Gambia’s National Assembly on whether to overturn the ban...
By way of explaining the metaphor that serves as the title of his latest book, “The Black Box,” the Harvard...
They say the only cure for heartbreak is time, although a lobotomy might be more effective. It’s a thorny conceit...
In one of the most perceptive of her late essays, “God’s Language,” Toni Morrison sets out her objective as a...
In America, it’s the president who decides whether the country goes to nuclear war. In this audio essay, W.J. Hennigan...
Which came first, the fried chicken or the Champagne? The answer doesn’t matter. What’s important is that they belong in...
LOS ANGELES — Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are now divorced. A Los Angeles Superior Court judgment dissolving their marriage of nearly...