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Norman Lebrecht is England’s answer to Jonathan Yardley, a fearless and astringent cultural critic whose uncompromising standards resemble those of the senior book critic for the Washington Post.
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When Mr. Lebrecht is at his most fiercely judgmental he can write as if music was a fixed thing — a matter of true and false, right and wrong.
A Fierce Enthusiasm Leon Botstein 2010
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What Mr. Lebrecht is seeking to understand, then, with his title's question, is why some music (e.g.,
A Fierce Enthusiasm Leon Botstein 2010
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On the other hand, veteran music critic Norman Lebrecht writes in the Wall Street Journal that "Luisi, who is taking over Levine's present cancellations, looks like a stop-gap, not an heir."
Lee Rosenbaum: Fright Night at the Opera: Met's "Die Walküre" Enthralls, Despite Mishaps Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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Norman Lebrecht wonders just how Mahler came to be so popular, capturing both the imagination of music aficionados and the affection of the general public.
A Fierce Enthusiasm Leon Botstein 2010
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Lebrecht, when he wrote his book in 2000, argued that by restricting the seating to 2,268, exclusivity was built into the bricks of the Opera House and that "in terms of tradition, pleasure or aspiration" it held no interest to the minorities who make up so much of London's population.
The Royal Opera House: Welcome to the new people's palace | Observer Profile 2011
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From the beginning of his reign as chief executive, Hall took on Lebrecht's criticisms.
The Royal Opera House: Welcome to the new people's palace | Observer Profile 2011
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On the other hand, veteran music critic Norman Lebrecht writes in the Wall Street Journal that "Luisi, who is taking over Levine's present cancellations, looks like a stop-gap, not an heir."
Lee Rosenbaum: Fright Night at the Opera: Met's "Die Walküre" Enthralls, Despite Mishaps Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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Then, to quote the critic Norman Lebrecht in his book Covent Garden: The Untold Story – Dispatches From the English Culture War 1945-2000: The Royal Opera House was no longer running, but reeling about like a mugging victim, the lifeblood gushing from its head.
The Royal Opera House: Welcome to the new people's palace | Observer Profile 2011
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Lebrecht Roth and his wife Friedl in the south of France, 1925.
Dispatches From a Lost Empire Tess Lewis 2012
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