Showing posts with label Masterpiece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Masterpiece. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Monterchi Journal: Italians Agree Fresco Is a Masterpiece, but All Else Is Up for Debate

Monterchi Journal: Italians Agree Fresco Is a Masterpiece, but All Else Is Up for Debate


For decades, there has been a dispute over how and where Piero della Francesca’s Madonna del Parto should be displayed, and even who owns it.


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Friday, April 15, 2016

Review: ‘Elektra’ at the Met Does Full Justice to Strauss’s Masterpiece

Review: ‘Elektra’ at the Met Does Full Justice to Strauss’s Masterpiece


The director Patrice Chéreau, the conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the soprano Nina Stemme evoke all the terror and intensity the composer built in.


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