Eleven days of absurd artistic competition came to an end in a two hour squeeze on Thursday night....

Eleven days of absurd artistic competition came to an end in a two hour squeeze on Thursday night....
The second semifinal started with a warning that we would first hear an overture; the previous...
The competition moved to the big garish canoe, the Maison Symphonique, for the rest of the aria...
The absurdity of comparing performers becomes the most acute in the finals. Typically, by now,...
It was harder to enjoy the singers in the Art Song semifinals, the rep orbiting late 19th century...
(and we taste disappointment for the first time) The second eight-hour concert hits differently....
It’s good that music competitions are rare. It keeps them weird. I suppose for many people they...