Lois Kirschenbaum, who died in 2021, made the donations to cultural groups from unexpectedly large life savings.
Tag: Opera
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A Pilgrimage to the Land of Giuseppe Verdi
A critic whose love of the operas of Giuseppe Verdi goes back nearly 60 years traveled to northern Italy to visit the places that shaped the man and his music.
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Best Arts Photos of 2023
Deadheads, ballerinas and Mick Jagger: As 2023 winds down, revisit a memorable handful of the thousands of images commissioned by our photo editors that capture the year in culture.
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Climate Protesters Interrupt Met Performance of Wagner’s ‘Tannhäuser’
Met officials were forced to bring down the curtain halfway through the opera as protesters unfurled banners that read “No Opera On A Dead Planet.” The performance later resumed.
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When Henry Kissinger Became an Opera Character
In 1987, “Nixon in China” meditated on what was then recent history, depicting Kissinger as a smooth diplomat with a brutal side.