Opera (1879)
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
Live in HD
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
With Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Mariusz Kwiecien
A robust, full-throated, heartfelt performance with, appropriately, a large number of Slavs on board.
Coming Soon: John Singer Sargent Watercolors
Paintings
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
October 13, 2013 –
January 20, 2014
A repeat of the exhibition given at the Brooklyn Museum earlier this year, including holdings from there and from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, shown together for the first time. Not to be missed.
Existentialism in Davis Square
Public Sculpture
Davis Square, Somerville, MA
A long-time fixture near the Davis Square T stop entrance on Holland Street which has subtly but significantly transformed its message over time.
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Zander, conductor
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
September 30, 2013
Repeats:
Thu, 10/03/2013 – 8:00pm
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
Pre-Concert Talk at 6:45
Fri, 10/04/2013 – 8:00pm
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Pre-Concert Talk at 6:45
In commemoration of those directly affected by the bombing at the Boston Marathon this spring, a brisk account of the Ninth, with a great baritone.
Rush
Film (2013)
Directed by Ron Howard
An account of the heated rivalry between two car racing greats, James Hunt and Niki Lauda, in the mid-1970s.