EditorialA photo provided by Wilfried H?sl of the Bayerische Staatsoper’s production of “War and Peace” in Munich, Germany. (Wilfried H?sl via The New York Times)
EditorialActors from a variety of performance backgrounds get into costume at the Metropolitan Opera for the Triumphal Scene of “Aida” in New York on Dec. 2, 2022. (Sinna Nasseri/The New York Times)
EditorialThe rotunda of the Bourse de Commerce, designed by Tadeo Ando, with the 19th-century work “Triumphal France” above, and Urs Fischer's wax replica of the 16th-century Giambologna statue “The Abduction of the Sabine Women” below, in Paris, May 13, 2021. (Julien Mignot/The New York Times)