Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Whatever their historical validity, the picture of Stravinsky these autobiographical productions conjure up is of ...
In doing The Rake’s Progress of Igor Stravinsky, the New York City Opera tried its hand at a classic of musical modernism. Despite an unsuitable set design and a less than stellar musical execution, ...
The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andris Nelsons, presented its final performance of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” on Friday. “The Rite of Spring,” or “Le Sacre du printemps” in its ...