Rufus Wainwright should keep up the classical experiments

His opera was mauled, and his Berlioz song-cycle reportedly had people running for the exits. Yet Rufus Wainwright is to be applauded for having a goA report of a report this afternoon, but a big issue at stake: at what point does genre-crossing bravery become a foolhardy expedition into lands where the Scylla and Charybdis of musical tastelessness and critical opprobrium lie in wait? Rufus Wainwright has just encountered both, according to the Daily Telegraph's Rupert Christiansen. One of his s...

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