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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Music

Critic’s Notebook

The Musical Rhythms in Images Out of Time

A still from “The Clock” at the Paula Cooper Gallery.
Christian Marclay/Paula Cooper Gallery

A still from “The Clock” at the Paula Cooper Gallery.

Time is a kind of music, music is a kind of time, and Christian Marclay seems to understand this implicitly.

Opera Review

A Bohemian Marriage for the Met and Juilliard

For “The Bartered Bride,” an opera more widely known than actually seen, the Met devoted considerable resources to a collaboration with the Juilliard School.

Met Opera Plans ‘Anna Bolena’ and ‘Faust’

The Metropolitan Opera, announcing next season’s program, said it would include Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena,” with Anna Netrebko, and three other new productions for 2011-12.

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Competing for the Cover of the Rolling Stone

The competition is being sponsored by the hair products brand Garnier Fructis and will give one of 16 bands a recording contract with Atlantic Records.

3-D Comes to Met Opera, but Without Those Undignified Glasses

Robert Lepage’s new production of “The Ring” will feature 3-D images onstage, without the need of special glasses.

Music Review

Crazy Little Thing Called Love, in Some of Its Many Variations

A Valentine’s Day concert by the New York Philharmonic featured Plácido Domingo singing of love in its many forms.

Critic’s Notebook

Unearthly Harmonies, Best Heard in the Dark

Georg Friedrich Haas’s psychedelically beautiful soundscape “In Vain” will be performed in total darkness on Friday at the Park Avenue Armory.

On Screen, the Frenzied Yet Friendly World of Justin Bieber

Very much in spite of itself, “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” ends up being the best argument to date for its subject as a singer, far more convincing than his albums.

Music Review

A Soulful, Virtuosic Player Holding the Spotlight Alone

Odair Assad, the Brazilian guitarist who mostly performs as half of the Assad Brothers, gave a solo recital at the Metropolitan Museum on Sunday.

Music Review

Making a Mighty Sound for Berlioz, but Delicately

Carnegie Hall’s 20th annual choral festival culminated in a slimmed down but still powerful account of Berlioz’s Requiem on Sunday afternoon.

City Opera’s New Chairman Is Singing an Uplifting Aria

The new chairman of the troubled New York City Opera has his sights set high for a comeback he says has already begun.

Music Review

Superstar Tenor Grapples With the Operatic Canon

A star crossover tenor seemed out of his element and ill at ease in one of his rare all-classical recitals.

Critic’s Notebook

Best-Kept Secret Now Has a Grammy

After winning best new artist, the jazz musician Esperanza Spalding has become less of a secret favorite of many musicians.

Blanche Moyse, Music School Founder, Dies at 101

Ms. Moyse was a founder of the Marlboro Music School and Festival and, as a conductor, a leading interpreter of Bach’s choral works.

George Shearing, ‘Lullaby of Birdland’ Jazz Virtuoso, Dies at 91

Mr. Shearing, who was born blind, composed about 300 tunes and worked with singing stars like Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and Mel Tormé.

New in 2011
‘Nixon in China’ and Early Music in Boston

Times critics and reporters anticipate the new year’s offerings in opera, classical music and jazz.

Video Features
Happy Birthday, Stephen Sondheim

An appreciation of some particularly ingenious passages.

Counterpoint

Anthony Tommasini, the chief classical music critic of The New York Times, explains an important musical technique.

Podcast: Music

Grammys special. Nate Chinen on controversies in the Hawaiian category, and an interview with R&B; nominee Betty Wright.

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Multimedia
Nixon, China and History

Photos of President Richard Nixon’s 1972 trip to China, and photos from the Met’s new production of “Nixon in China,” the opera inspired by that visit.

Serenading Commuters on the Subway

Luis Tigre, a Mexican immigrant, and his band play norteño music on the D train between 125th Street and Fordham Road.

‘Emperor of Atlantis’

The opera is a satire of Hitler that was written and first performed in a Nazi concentration camp.

Middle-Aged Campers, Rock n’ Roll Dreams

Attendees of Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp practice and perform under the tutelage of real rock stars.

Taking on Tosca

A visit to a rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera as the soprano Sondra Radvanovsky prepares for her role as Tosca.

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The Passing of a Pop Icon

Michael Jackson, the legendary singer, songwriter and dancer, died on June 25, 2009.