Paul du Quenoy on a revival of “Boris Godunov,” at the Royal Opera.

The Ligeti was his Étude No. 4, “Fanfares,” from 1985. It was light and limpid, and flavored with jazz. The Liszt was the Rhapsodie espagnole, from 1858. It is jaw-droppingly difficult. And Mr. Liu ...

Natasha Sumner does not answer that question in her latest book, Heroes of the Gale: A History of Fionn and the Fianna .She ...

The Rise and Fall of Athens’s Naval Mastermind,” by Michael Scott.

On Democracy,” edited by David Bromwich.

George Loomis on “Un ballo in maschera,” at the Paris Opera.

Music has long depended on its benefactors, including commissioners. Think of the three string quartets that make up Beethoven’s Op. 59. They’re known as the “Razumovsky Quartets,” because Count ...

But Alfred Chester’s 1962 complaint in Commentary was still largely valid decades later: “Updike has no sense of invention, ...

W it h an extra-long run—a notorious marathon for exhibitors—The Winter Show straddles the timing of the American-art ...

David Walsh on “The Olavo de Carvalho Reader.” ...