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The Last American Hammer’ Review: Standoff Satire

An unemployed conspiracy theorist faces off against a federal agent inside a museum of Toby jugs in this ruefully humorous work at Pittsburgh Opera. ByHeidi WalesonFeb. 24, 2020 2:28 pm ET Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Opera has embraced the multitheater concept, mounting several productions each season away from the city’s traditional 2,800-seat opera house in the Benedum Center. …

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Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique 2/21/20 | Carnegie Hall

Hear Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique capture the unbridled power and intensity of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, as well as his Fourth, a gentler symphony that features a finale that greatly invokes the spirit of its legendary composer. Get tickets. — Read on http://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2020/02/21/orchestre-revolutionnaire-et-romantique-0800pm

Struggles for Justice Take Center Stage

In ‘The Mother of Us All,’ Susan B. Anthony leads the charge for women’s suffrage; in ‘Freedom Ride,’ a young black woman decides whether to openly fight segregation in interstate travel ByHeidi Waleson Feb. 12, 2020 3:21 pm ET New York Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein’s opera “The Mother of Us All” (1947) is a natural …

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‘Eurydice’ and ‘Agrippina’ Reviews: Voices Lost and Found

The myth of Orpheus told with mixed results in Los Angeles; political satire transported to a modern setting in New York. ByHeidi Waleson Feb. 7, 2020 3:41 pm ET The myth of Orpheus is the essence of opera: Singing is so powerful that it can bring back the dead. But in Matthew Aucoin and Sarah …

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