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'Merry Widow' Operetta: Stage Versus Screen

The Metropolitan Opera will be celebrating New Year's Eve with Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow in a new production starring soprano Fleming. But its greatest incarnations have been on film.

'Merry Widow' Operetta: Stage Versus Screen

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Music Of Honduran Singer Aurelio Rooted In Uplifting, Preserving His Culture

Known only by his first name, Honduran singer Aurelio has been making music for a decade. Yet, Aurelio is not only known for his raspy voice and catchy cumbia melodies, but for his tireless work promoting the rights of his own people — the Garifuna. Now, the former parliament member is out with his latest album Landini.

Music Of Honduran Singer Aurelio Rooted In Uplifting, Preserving His Culture

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Music Review: 'You're Dead!' By Flying Lotus

Steven Ellison has built an impressive reputation among critics and fans in the know for mixing hip hop, jazz and electronica into something original. But even for the aforementioned followers, the new album from Ellison — better-known as Flying Lotus — is a surprise. It's all about death, not as something to be mourned but as a journey to be anticipated.

Music Review: 'You're Dead!' By Flying Lotus

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Music Review: Lera Lynn's 'The Avenues'

Texas-native Lera Lynn sings about past relationships. But her music moves beyond the one-note storied, country sound. On her latest album, The Avenues, Lynn fuses folk, country, jazz and pop.

Music Review: Lera Lynn's 'The Avenues'

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An Unofficial Memorial For Jazz Greats Jim Hall And Charlie Haden

Hall and Haden performed as a duo at a concert in Montreal in 1990. Plans to release the album, Charlie Haden - Jim Hall, were in place before both artists passed away within the last year.

An Unofficial Memorial For Jazz Greats Jim Hall And Charlie Haden

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Dionne Warwick, Reduced To An Essence

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Dionne Warwick, Reduced To An Essence

On an unlikely tribute album, singer Dionne Farris and guitarist Charlie Hunter tackle Warwick classics with revealing subtlety — and nods to the musicians' own origins in early-'90s rap.

Dionne Warwick, Reduced To An Essence

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Two Princes: The Purple One Returns In Stereo

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Two Princes: The Purple One Returns In Stereo

Two new albums, a solo effort and a collaboration with the band 3RDEYEGIRL, mark Prince's return to the studio. Tom Moon says that only one fully captures what an explosive performer he can still be.

Two Princes: The Purple One Returns In Stereo

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Review: Godflesh, 'A World Lit Only By Fire'

Godflesh's new album, A World Lit Only By Fire, comes out Oct. 7. Kevin Laska/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Review: Godflesh, 'A World Lit Only By Fire'

In the late '80s, the Birmingham duo made guitar-pounding, drum-machine-and-bass industrial metal capable of melting Terminators. This is classic Godflesh, unadorned and even flayed in its rage.

A World Lit Only By Fire

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A Call From The Weird Fringes: Aphex Twin's 'Syro'

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A Call From The Weird Fringes: Aphex Twin's 'Syro'

Electronic producer and composer Richard D. James returns to recording after a 13-year absence, with an album that stands refreshingly askew next to mainstream EDM.

A Call From The Weird Fringes: Aphex Twin's 'Syro'

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