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The Stubborn Classism of Classical Music
What critics get wrong about the genre’s long-standing diversity problems
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Rusalka Is a Fairy Tale for Our Gilded Era
Kristine Opolais and Jamie Barton glow in the Met’s new production of Antonín Dvorak’s opera.
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The Anti-'Klinghoffer' Protests Are the Best Thing That Could Happen to the Metropolitan Opera
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