Having performed in “The Nutcracker” countless times, I had never seen the show performed by a professional cast of dancers. But the Boston Ballet did not disappoint.
As the city’s first snowfall fluttered to the ground and holiday music filtered through outdoor speakers, the Boston Ballet’s Pop Up Shop opened its doors for the first time at Assembly Row shopping...
As far as the Boston Pops Orchestra is concerned, the holiday season has begun in Beantown. The group held its first “Holiday Pops” show of the year on Wednesday, starting the season at Symphony...
In Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s renowned ballet, “The Nutcracker,” the shifty-yet-kind Herr Drosselmeyer gives the blue-eyed, pure Clara Silberhaus a nutcracker toy for Christmas. That evening, from...
It’s not so comfortable. This weekend, I was fortunate enough to give a talk at a classics conference down south, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
I spoke about the editing process...
