Jay Nordlinger on a concert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under Klaus Mäkelä.

Natasha Sumner does not answer that question in her latest book, Heroes of the Gale: A History of Fionn and the Fianna .She ...

Paul du Quenoy on a revival of “Boris Godunov,” at the Royal Opera.

The Ligeti was his Étude No. 4, “Fanfares,” from 1985. It was light and limpid, and flavored with jazz. The Liszt was the Rhapsodie espagnole, from 1858. It is jaw-droppingly difficult. And Mr. Liu ...

On Democracy,” edited by David Bromwich.

George Loomis on “Un ballo in maschera,” at the Paris Opera.

But Alfred Chester’s 1962 complaint in Commentary was still largely valid decades later: “Updike has no sense of invention, ...

On September 30, a federal district court judge in Boston upheld Harvard’s use of racial preferences in undergraduate admissions against the challenge that they discriminate against Asian-Americans.

W it h an extra-long run—a notorious marathon for exhibitors—The Winter Show straddles the timing of the American-art ...