Jane Coombs on New York City Ballet’s annual Fall Fashion Gala.

Eliot put it in his poem “Little Gidding,” “to be redeemed from fire by fire.” Often, Gioia’s narrative poems that dramatize ...

The supernatural intervenes when a stone statue of the Commendatore comes to life and demands Don Giovanni renounce his ...

Watch Andrew Roberts deliver the Seventh Annual Circle Lecture, “Will China bury us?” A version of the remarks appear in the November 2024 issue of The New Criterion.

Then came a concert inside David Geffen Hall: a concert billed as “Gustavo Dudamel’s Inaugural Gala” (“in partnership with Rolex”). The new music director conducted the Philharmonic in a program that ...

On a memoir of resilience, the Bayeux Tapestry, the “Emperor” concerto, a Tom Stoppard play & more from the world of culture.

The Metropolitan Opera is not an “ABC company”—but it does not ignore A, B, or C. In fact, the Met is staging both A and B this season. B opened on Friday night. Last Tuesday night, the Met opened its ...

André’s exhibition space is limited, and many of Tintoretto’s large-scale masterpieces can only be seen on Venetian walls. Nevertheless, there is enough of a selection to give more than a taste of ...

Which English-language novel dealing with World War II will survive? From Here to Eternity, Slaughterhouse-Five, Catch-22? Is there any World War II novel that approaches the impact of Ernest ...