As the University of Wisconsin-Madison Symphony Orchestra tuned their instruments at the start of Friday’s concert, the packed audience was tense with anticipation, ready for a complex and powerful program. The first piece was Erik Satie’s “Gymnopedie,” …

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The opera is only an impression of the novel. It follows the contrasts of the title, not by juxtaposing the battlefield and the ballroom episodically but rather by dividing them in two. The first part, peace, recounts Natasha’s engagement to and betrayal …

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