Opera Review

Even Cheap Wine Can Work a Little Magic

By ZACHARY WOOLFE

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L’Elisir d’Amore Andriana Chuchman, center, and Ramón Vargas, far right, star in this revival at the Metropolitan Opera.

Bartlett Sher’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,” at the Metropolitan Opera, features Andriana Chuchman in her Met debut.

Music Review

Against Me! Laura Jane Grace delivering new material at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Gender Politics Wiggles Into a World Guys Staked Out

By JON CARAMANICA

Laura Jane Grace, formerly Tom Gabel, lead singer of Against Me!, performed on Thursday at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Music Review

Paul's Case From left, Keith Phares, Michael Slattery, Jonathan Blalock (as Paul), Melissa Wimbish, Erin Sanzero and Amanda Crider, at Here.

Fleeing a Backwater to Lunge at Happiness

By STEVE SMITH

“Paul’s Case,” an operatic adaptation of a Willa Cather story by UrbanArias, focuses on a teenager who longs to escape his working class world in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh.

Music Review

A Mix That, Unabashedly, Doesn’t Really Mesh at All

By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER

The New York Philharmonic offers a concert of Shostakovich, Beethoven and Gershwin.

January 10, 2014

Symphony Space Artistic Director Resigns

Laura Kaminsky had been the artistic director of Symphony Space since 2010, and the overseer of its music programming since 2006.

January 10, 2014

John Zorn to Present Latest Installment in His Masada Project

The work will be presented on March 19 at the Town Hall, in a concert involving roughly 20 ensembles.

January 10, 2014

On French TV, No Twerking Before 10

The French council that oversees broadcasting standards has decided that videos by Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears are too racy for daytime viewing.

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Rosanne Cash Goes Home

By KEN TUCKER

She spent half a lifetime trying to escape the shadow of her famous father. But for her latest album, she went back to the South.

Beth Morrison, right, has been a producer behind many operas, including, top left, Missy Mazzoli’s “Song From the Uproar,” with the mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer; and Mohammed Fairouz’s “Bhutto,” in a concert performance.

Ears for Opera, Eyes on the Future

By STEVE SMITH

The producer Beth Morrison’s work for emerging voices in opera has led to her involvement with festivals in New York and, now, the Los Angeles Opera.

Classical Music

Yefim Bronfman will play at SubCulture in Greenwich Village.

High Culture, In the Basement

By ZACHARY WOOLFE

In town for concerts as part of his New York Philharmonic residency, the pianist Yefim Bronfman devotes Monday evening to Contact!, the orchestra’s new-music series.

In 2013, the Icelandic band Mum (from left, Sigurlaug Gisladottir, Gunnar Orn Tynes, Gytha Valtysdottir and Orvar Poreyjarson Smarason) released “Smilewound.”

Hold Up, We’re Not Through With 2013

By JON PARELES

Before 2014 gets too far along, Jon Pareles looks at 2013 releases from Mum, Kuenta i Tambú, Tricky, James Holden and Tom McDermott.

Pop

Bill Frisell is part of “Reflections on the Bristol Sessions.”

Harking Back to Country’s Roots

By NATE CHINEN

For 10 days in the summer of 1927, the Victor Talking Machine Company set up shop in Bristol, Tenn., recording a hodgepodge of hopefuls for possible release.

Arts | New Jersey

Rossen Milanov is music director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony in C, a training group in Camden.

A Conductor Wields a Baton Across Cultures

By TAMMY LA GORCE

Rossen Milanov, the music director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, also leads a group in Spain, among his other commitments.

Events in New Jersey | Times Topics: New Jersey Arts

Nelson Ned, Florid Brazilian Balladeer, Dies at 66

By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Ned’s records and his sentimental style brought him a large following throughout Latin America.

Wojciech Kilar in September. He wrote music for films including “The Pianist” and “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.”

Wojciech Kilar, Composer for Movies and Symphony Halls, Dies at 81

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mr. Kilar won recognition for his music for “The Pianist” and “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” as well as works inspired by Polish folk music.

Music Review

From left, David Byrne, Jen Goma and Jherek Bischoff performing at St. Ann's Warehouse on Wednesday.

Shimmery Orchestrations, With a Tinge of Philip Glass

By JON PARELES

Jherek Bischoff, a Seattle songwriter and arranger, brought big names to St. Ann’s Warehouse on Wednesday night, including David Byrne and Zola Jesus.

Al Porcino, First Trumpeter With Leading Jazz Bands, Dies at 88

By PETER KEEPNEWS

Mr. Porcino held the first trumpet chair in bands led by Count Basie, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich and others.

Music Review

Winter Jazzfest The festival featured a 75th-anniversary concert for Blue Note Records at Town Hall. Robert Glasper, far left, and Jason Moran, far right, headlined the show, which played on Wednesday evening.

Celebrating Age as Well as Attitude at a Record Label’s Anniversary Party

By NATE CHINEN

Robert Glasper and Jason Moran headlined a 75th anniversary concert for Blue Note Records on Wednesday at Town Hall.

Joseph Simmons (Rev Run) and his wife, Justine, renovated their house in Saddle River, N.J., for a new TV show. Daryl Hall is restoring his 1787 farmhouse in rural Connecticut for another show.

When Pop Stars Go Into Rehab

By STEVEN KURUTZ

Rev Run of Run-D.M.C. and Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates have nothing in common except die-hard fans and new home-renovation shows on the DIY Network.

New York Times Popcast

An image from Beyoncé‘s video for “Haunted.”

ArtsBeat

Popcast: Beyoncé’s Surprise Attack

By BEN RATLIFF

Jon Caramanica, Jon Pareles and Ben Ratliff discuss what Beyoncé’s new record represents in her career, and in pop right now.

ArtsBeat

Popcast: The Best Albums and Songs of 2013

By BEN RATLIFF

Ben Ratliff, Jon Caramanica and Jon Pareles discuss their picks for the year’s best in pop and jazz.

Thomas Adès conducting during a rehearsal last year at the Metropolitan Opera.

ArtsBeat

Classical Playlist: Thomas Adès, Benjamin Hochman, Angela Hewitt and More

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Times critics share what they’ve been listening to lately.

A Film Nudge to Find the Folkie in You

By JANET MASLIN

Tools for finding out more about the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene recreated in the Coen brothers film, “Inside Llewyn Davis.”

In Performance: Classical

Tenet and the Sebastians

By DANIEL MCDERMON

The vocal ensemble Tenet and the group of chamber players known as the Sebastians perform “Mark, How Readily Each Pliant String,” composed by Henry Purcell.

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Saying Farewell to a Rock Icon

Phil Everly, as half of the Everly Brothers, inspired the Beatles, Linda Ronstadt, Simon and Garfunkel and many others who recorded their songs and tried to emulate their ringing vocal alchemy.