- March 8, 1999 | Classical Music Review
- "Ned Rorem Hosts"
- March 8, 1999 | Classical Music Review
- Ghost Story
Avant-garde director Robert Lepage builds an enigmatic scene around Mahler's heartbreaking "Kindertotenlieder," and the results are truly mortifying.
- March 1, 1999 | Classical Music Review
- Let Thy People Go
Mounting "Moses und Aron" at the Met was a long-cherished dream of James Levine's. So why did he hire Philistines when he finally got the chance?
- February 22, 1999 | Classical Music Review
- New York Collegium
- February 22, 1999 | Classical Music Review
- Fiery Conduct
Conductor Valery Gergiev inspires passion in musicians and audiences alike.
- February 15, 1999 | Classical Music Review
- What's the Score?
Juilliard's fifteenth Focus! festival surveyed the broad range of contemporary American composition and found a scene driven by diversity, if not passion.
- February 8, 1999 | Classical Music Review
- Tenor, Anyone?
When Massanet rescored "Werther" for a famed baritone, a tortured hero became a vagueness, as the Met demonstrates.
- February 8, 1999 | Classical Music Review
- Classical Revivals
- February 1, 1999 | Classical Music Review
- Fascinating Rhythms
Another concert in the unfolding celebration of George Gershwin's music finds parallels in the works of Oscar Levant, Vernon Duke, and Maurice Ravel.
- January 4, 1999 | Classical Music Review
- "Lucia di Lammermoor"