- November 29, 2004 | Classical Music Review
- I Vespri Siciliani
The Met’s revival of Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani is a true period piece.
- November 29, 2004 | Classical Music Review
- Sweeps Week
City Opera brings in the Broadway talent for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.
- November 15, 2004 | Classical Music Review
- Mahler’s Symphony No. 8
This behemoth strikes me as Mahler’s most ungainly and least persuasive symphonic work.
- November 15, 2004 | Classical Music Review
- Good-Time Charlie
Charles Wuorinen’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a modernist twelve-tone opera that’s easy to love.
- November 8, 2004 | Classical Music Review
- Celestial Seasonings
A pair of Carnegie Hall vocal recitals—one wintry, one warmer—show off new talent.
- November 1, 2004 | Classical Music Review
- Good Conduct
James Levine is the hardest-working maestro in show business. But can he ever learn to let loose?
- October 25, 2004 | Classical Music Review
- Amadeus Ex Machina
Chagall and Hockney have already had their way with Mozart’s Magic Flute. Now—cue the kite puppets —it’s Julie Taymor’s turn.
- October 18, 2004 | Classical Music Review
- Green Party
Mark Morris and Isaac Mizrahi serve up a highly Baroque take on Rameau’s froggy satire Platée; Emily Dickinson at the Philharmonic.
- October 11, 2004 | Classical Music Review
- Sweet-Natured Moor
Ben Heppner rises brilliantly to Verdi’s musical challenge as Otello—but could improve his jealous rage. Plus: The risk-averse Philharmonic.
- October 4, 2004 | Classical Music Review
- Superconductor
Where have you gone, Leonard Bernstein? The composer’s current comeback is a reminder of his legacy as a master proselytizer.