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Peter G. Davis

April 12, 2004 | Classical Music Review
Near Myth

Marvin David Levy’s attempt to bring O’Neill’s Americanized Greeks to the opera stage is still a victim of sixties classical conventions.

April 5, 2004 | Classical Music Review
Veil Safe

Karita Mattila’s star turn as Salome electrifies the Met’s otherwise chilly new production; Luciano Pavarotti’s final bow is a muted affair.

March 22, 2004 | Classical Music Review
Shaving Crème

City Opera’s Sweeney Todd revival could win over even a Sondheim detractor; an unpretentious Don Giovanni; Monteverdi with puppets.

March 15, 2004 | Classical Music Review
Talent in Spades

A young soprano makes a splashing Met debut in The Queen of Spades; Cecilia Bartoli rescues Antonio Salieri from obscurity—and blandness.

March 8, 2004 | Classical Music Review
New Standards

After 29 years leading the Boston Symphony, Seiji Ozawa finds new life with the Vienna Philharmonic—even among the classics.

March 1, 2004 | Classical Music Review
Before-Garde

It’s nostalgie de la Boulez, as Pierre revisits his Wagnerian past—with mixed results; a fizzily pleasurable Rossini revival at the Met.

February 23, 2004 | Classical Music Review
Immigrant Songs

The Collegiate Chorale traces Kurt Weill’s brilliantly chameleonic career; Les Arts Florissants pays tribute to Charpentier.

February 16, 2004 | Classical Music Review
Andes Cute, Too!

In a recital appearance worthy of a rock star, Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez woos and wows; carry on, Ives! Simon Rattle goes Germanic.

February 9, 2004 | Classical Music Review
Great Britten

A thrilling Peter Grimes (but an endless Boris Godunov); Lincoln Center’s “Sound Investment” proves a surprisingly good bet.

February 2, 2004 | Feature
Sweet Sounds

Joshua Bell plays an evening of classical-lite desserts that taste great but aren’t so filling—especially in light of an even younger violinist’s choices.

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