Opera Review
We’re Nothing but Busts, Mozart. Busts!
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
“The Classical Style,” an opera buffa performed Thursday at Zankel Hall, casts chords as characters along with Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart in a playful riff on harmony.
Bid for New York City Opera’s Assets Wins Board’s Support
By MICHAEL COOPER
In selecting a group led by Michael Capasso, the board of the bankrupt opera passed over proposals including those by the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Purchase College.
Music Review
With Stylish Moves, a Youthful Maestro Makes a New York Debut
By DAVID ALLEN
Filling in for Christoph von Dohnanyi, Krzysztof Urbanski, the music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra made a sturdy debut conducting the Philharmonic.
Music Review
Shimmies and Shouts for a Genre’s Revival
By JON PARELES
Sharon Jones and her band, the Dap-Kings, joined other acts on the Daptone Records roster on Thursday for the opener in a three-night stand at the Apollo Theater.
Viscerally Facing Up to Ferguson
By JON CARAMANICA
In a reminder of hip-hop’s politically potent past, two performers strike a chord by sharing their emotions on a shooting in Ferguson, Mo.
Opera and Classical Music Listings for Dec. 5-Dec.11
A selected, critical guide to classical music performances in New York City.
Pop and Rock Listings for Dec. 5-Dec. 11
A selected, critical guide to performances of rock, pop, cabaret and more in New York City.
December 5, 2014
Rapper Beanie Sigel Shot in New Jersey
The rapper was shot in the stomach on Friday morning outside his home, the police said.
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Popcast: The Pop Savvy of ‘Beyond the Lights’
Jon Caramanica and A.O. Scott discuss what this update of “The Bodyguard” gets right about the music business.
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$38 Million Grant to Bolster Woodruff Arts Center
The grant, from the Woodruff Foundation, is being described as the lead gift in a new fundraising campaign.
Beyoncé and Sam Smith Lead in Nominations for Grammys
By BEN SISARIO
They each earned six nominations, including album of the year.
Music Review
Speaking, and Moving, for the Wild
By DAVID ALLEN
In “On Behalf of Nature,” Meredith Monk’s dance becomes a provocative advocate for the natural world.
Music Review
A Prelude to Encores
By CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM
The show really began when the program was over, and the violinist Itzhak Perlman began to flip through encore options.
Opera Review
Production’s Retirement Party
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
The Metropolitan Opera is retiring Otto Schenk’s staging of “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,” and James Levine is conducting its final performances.
Music Review
A Saucy Persona, Peppered With Wisdom
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Annaleigh Ashford juggles a cabaret act at 54 Below with her Broadway role in “You Can’t Take It With You” and her TV role as Betty in “Masters of Sex.”
Ian McLagan, Keyboardist With the Faces, Dies at 69
By BRUCE WEBER
Mr. McLagan was a keyboardist with the Small Faces and later the Faces, and a sideman who traveled widely in rock circles, working with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen.
Saluting the Hens That Laid the Golden Egg
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
The 2002 album “Philadelphia Chickens,” by the children’s writer Sandra Boynton, has now earned platinum status.
Claire Barry, Half of Yiddish Singing Duo, Dies at 94
By JOSEPH BERGER
Ms. Barry and her sister Merna were Yiddish singers who rose to international fame and appeared numerous times on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
Another Opera Crisis Is Averted in Italy
By MICHAEL COOPER
A compromise in Turin, Italy, will keep the music director of Teatro Regio in his post.
Opera Review
Conjuring Cleopatra in Regal Maturity
By ZACHARY WOOLFE
Natalie Dessay embodied a mature Cleopatra in excerpts from “Giulio Cesare” with Le Concert d’Astrée on Sunday at Alice Tully Hall.
Bobby Keys, Hard-Living Saxophonist for Rolling Stones, Dies at 70
By BRUCE WEBER
Mr. Keys was a self-taught musician who never learned to read music but recorded with a Who’s Who of rock. One of his most memorable moments was a howling solo on “Brown Sugar.”
New Music
Wu-Tang Clan and AC/DC Release Albums
By JON PARELES and BEN RATLIFF
New albums from Wu-Tang Clan and AC/DC show that these established groups are still in charge of their sounds.
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Overcoming Injury, a Violinist Returns
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His ‘Best’ Is Ahead of Him, as Podcast
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Music Review: Secure in Its Sound and Fury, Despite Transitions at Its Core
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Critic’s Notebook: Crossovers Add Flavor to Classics
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Music Review: Bob Dylan, Not Looking Back
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Classical: Dead Composers Stage a Comeback
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From the Ashes, a Proto-Punk Revival
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Sabah, Enduring Star in Arab World Entertainment, Dies at 87
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A Singular World That Won’t Fade Away
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Pop: Still Dressing Up; Growing Up, Too
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Opera Review: A New Puccini Production Offers Explanations for Its Story’s Gaps
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His Nightmares Starred Communists, Not Nazis
2014 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Movies, Music, Books, Clothes & More
The best present ideas, selected by Times experts, to make shopping easy this season.
Press Play
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Exclusive: ‘December Day’ By Willie Nelson And Sister Bobbie
This is the world premiere of “December Day” a collection of favorite songs from Willie Nelson and his sister Bobbie Nelson, due out Dec. 2 from Legacy Recordings.
New York Times Popcast
ArtsBeat
Popcast: London Calls Mary J. Blige
By BEN RATLIFF
Jon Caramanica and Ben Ratliff discuss Mary J. Blige and her new album, “The London Sessions.”
ArtsBeat
Popcast: Bobby Shmurda Dances Into the Hot 100
By BEN RATLIFF
The 20-year-old East Flatbush rapper Bobby Shmurda has just jumped to No. 6 from No. 8 on the Billboard chart.
Classical Playlists
ArtsBeat
Classical Playlist: Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ Beethoven, Schumann and More
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Times critics share what they’ve been listening to lately.
Fall Arts Preview - Times 100
How to wade through the crush of culture coming your way this season? Here’s a guide to 100 events that have us especially excited, in order of appearance.
Multimedia
All About That Face (Dvorak’s, That Is)
Is a doodle on the bass part of the “New World” Symphony an 1893 sketch of Dvorak?
C.M.A. Awards Red Carpet
Nicole Kidman in Roberto Cavalli, Faith Hill in Naeem Khan, and more at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday night.
Dylan and Joplin, the Director’s Cut
Unseen film reels of Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy are locked away in a limestone mine called Iron Mountain. Filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus want to give them a new home.
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