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6 Performances Our Classical Critics Can’t Stop Thinking About
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The New York Times’s classical music and opera critics attend far more performances than they review. Here are some that hooked them during the past month.
Mahler Firsts
BARONE True. I saw the Eighth at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and it was mind-boggling to witness how much money it must have cost. This piece calls for eight vocal soloists, all of which were luxuriously (though imperfectly) cast, two standard choirs and a children’s choir. Mahler described it as having a Barnum & Bailey quality, which I don’t see as an advantage. At Symphony Hall, the opening felt as though it couldn’t have been anything other than an impenetrable wall of sound.
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