La Scala Stages New Vision of Shostakovich’s Original ‘Lady MacBeth’ 03. November 2025 (16:56) Banned for decades in the Soviet Union for its dissonance and bawdiness, the opera returns as La Scala’s season opener amid the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death.(New York Times)
La Scala’s First ‘Ring’ in a Decade Passes the Wagnerian Flame 03. November 2025 (16:47) Two conductors — a mentor and a protégé, both trained as pianists — bring precision and lyricism to the first new staging of Wagner’s epic in a decade.(New York Times)
A Public Art Rocket Ship Lands in Manhattan 03. November 2025 (11:01) “The Mothership Connection” grew out of the artist Zak Ové’s fascination with “how masquerade had become a space for pivotally working towards Trinidad’s independence.”(New York Times)
What Ever Happened to Greer Lankton? 03. November 2025 (11:01) Nearly 30 years after her death, the artist’s freakish and fashionable doll sculptures are finally getting their due. But those who knew her best are still grappling with her legacy.(New York Times)
