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Arts
Review: In ‘Lucia’ at the Met, a Modern Woman Comes Undone
By the looks of it, there is little in common between the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of “Lucia di Lammermoor”…
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Arts
Risking Boos, the Met Opera Puts Present-Day America Onstage
Simon Stone paused during a recent rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera, looked up at the stage, and surveyed his new…
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World
The Overlooked Stone Carvers of Escolásticas
The small town of Escolásticas, built on ancient volcanic stone, carves a ragged path through a high desert hillside in…
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Sports
Beijing Got All Ready for Olympic Curling. But About the Ice …
BEIJING — Ice might just seem to be ice. But not in curling. The frozen sheets created for elite competitions…
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World
In New Zealand, the Fishhook Pendant Called Hei Matau
The Maori, New Zealand’s Indigenous people, navigated to the country from Polynesia by sea, some arriving as early as the…
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