Max L. Feldman on “TIHANYI 140,” at the National Gallery of Hungary, Budapest.

The first work was Ein Heldenleben, “A Hero’s Life,” by Richard Strauss. Who’s the hero of that one? Why, the composer ...

On “The Day is Gone: 100 Years of New Objectivity,” at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

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

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

On Democracy,” edited by David Bromwich.

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 ...

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

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

On recent performances at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall & the Met Opera.