EditorialPeter Mattei, left, and Johan Botha perform in “Tannhauser” conducted by James Levine at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Oct. 5, 2015. (Caitlin Ochs/The New York Times)
EditorialPaul Ce_zanne (1839-1906). French painter. Girl at the piano (Overture to Tannhauser), ca. 1868. Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.