Performing Arts
Harvard’s stages and studios come alive in this collection of music, theater, and performance coverage.
Cambridge Once Fought Harvard’s DNA Research. Now There’s a Play About It.
A theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.
John Adams’s “Klinghoffer” at Met prompts new controversy
The Metropolitan Opera cancelled plans to broadcast the opera The Death of Klinghoffer, by John Adams.
Shakespeare e-books link text with new performances
New e-books bring Shakespeare to life.
Two classic harpsichords that Harvard owns
Two keyboards, each with a story to tell
New Orleans jazz comes to Cambridge
Rebirth Brass Band plays in Cambridge.
Harvard's Collegium Musicum and Joyful Noise celebrate music as therapy
Harvard’s Collegium Musicum celebrates the power of music as therapy.
At Harvard, economist Jacques Attali discusses music and political economy
French economist Jacques Attali discusses music as a metaphor for civil society.
Steven Spielberg speaks at Harvard’s Hauser Forum for the Arts
The filmmaker discusses his influences and inspirations.
Bob Childs makes world-class violins
Bob Childs makes world-class violins.
by Laura Levis
The letters of Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein’s life, in his letters
by Carol Oja
Innovation in humanities courses aims to reach larger numbers of students
New gateways into the humanities for students “still fully molten as human beings”