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Verdi’s
La Traviata. Conductor: Giacomo Sagripanti, director: Simon Stone. With Pretty Yende, Juan Diego Flórez, Igor Golovatenko, and Margaret Plummer. Register for free and view here. LIVE
2 pm ET: London Symphony Orchestra presents Rattle conducts Stravinsky. Sir Simon Rattle conducts the LSO in Stravinsky’s Octet for Wind Instruments,
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920),
Four Norwegian Moods, Suite No 1, and Suite No 2. View here.
2 pm ET: VOCES8 Live from London, Spring presents
Joanna MacGregor. To celebrate International Women’s Day, pianist Joanna MacGregor curates a journey from the Deep South to New York, from Russian poetry to an African paradise. The program includes Florence Price’s spiritual arrangements, Margaret Bond’s
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HomeFront: Billie Holiday, Beethoven, and Bad Bunny, plus art to comfort and calm
By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated February 25, 2021, 6:35 p.m.
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Andra Day stars in The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Takashi Seida/Hulu
Welcome back to HomeFront, where the moon is almost full, the snow is melting a little, and next week is March, can you believe it? Now that Iâve all but guaranteed a freak blizzard, here are some suggestions for cocooning entertainment.
FILM: The âelectrifyingâ Andra Day deserves better than
âThe United States vs. Billie Holiday,â an âearnestly scatteredâ effort that earns 2½ stars from Globe film critic Ty Burr. Day delivers âa marvel of dramatic and vocal technique as well as a full-on possession,â he writes. â[Y]ou canât take your eyes off Holiday, who in Dayâs performance is a diva and a lost soul, the nationâs conscience and her own worst enemy.â
Whatâs happening in the arts world
Updated February 25, 2021, 6:42 p.m.
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MUSIC
Pop & Rock
ONCE VIRTUAL VENUE Somervilleâs ONCE Ballroom may have been forced out of its physical Highland Avenue space for now, but it lives on online, and this weekend offers a formidable lineup; R&B chanteuse Ava Sophia, a standout from the 2020 617Sessions, unleashes new music (Feb. 26); band of sisters Circus Trees and introspective alt-rockers Dearbones share a bill (Feb. 27); and Sunday ends the shortest month with a goth threefer of Kiss of the Whip, Shanghai Beach, and Cushing. (Feb. 28).
Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m.