Lyric Opera review: A sleekly modern 'La Boheme' ennobled by Maria Agresta's Mimi
Howard Reich reviews Lyric Opera of Chicago's new co-production of "La Boheme."
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Howard Reich reviews Lyric Opera of Chicago's new co-production of "La Boheme."
Packer's "Four Americas"— Thumb-Sucker of the Month. Of all I've read this month, the opinion piece that most got me thinking (although not, in point of fact, actually sucking my thumb while doing so) was George Packer's "Four Americas" article in Atlantic magazine. Whoa there, Derb. Isn't Atlantic a lefty outlet, with anti-white word-salad merchant Ta-Nehisi Coates on the masthead? And isn't Packer himself left-progressive? Yes and yes. Packer's more of an old-line liberal, though (he'll turn 61 in August) and capable of talking sense for quite long stretches before lurchin...
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