Gerald Finley and Julia Bullock star in John Adams’s Antony and Cleopatra at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / ...

John Adams’s Shakespeare adaptation has been trimmed since its premiere, but still struggles with setting a flood of dense Elizabethan verse.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Former Syracuse men’s basketball star Carmelo Anthony gave the commencement speech at the school’s graduation on Sunday. What a moment. What a full-circle moment, I would say.