- March 9, 1998
- The Neutral Tone
Riccardo Chailly, the maestro of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, can't quite conduct the same heat his predecessors did.
- March 2, 1998
- In Brief: "Barbe-bleue"
- March 2, 1998
- Good Hair Day
The Metropolitan's production of "Samson et Dalila" is full of drama and suspense (not least of all when Plácido Domingo strives for those high notes).
- February 23, 1998
- Nordic Tracks
At this year's Focus! Festival, the Juilliard School spotlights new music from Scandinavia -- and the results, not surprisingly, are rather cool.
- February 9, 1998
- A Rorem Success
Ned Rorem's "Evidence of Things Not Seen," a 36-song score, finds a distinctly American musical voice for poets from Yeats to Whitman.
- January 26, 1998
- Strauss Relief
Is Kiri Te Kanawa's performance in Strauss's lovely "Capriccio" her last at the Met? If so, she’ll be leaving on a high note.
- January 26, 1998
- In Brief:
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
- January 19, 1998
- Tip-Toperetta
New York's opera-light life is thriving with Symphony Space's "The Yeomen of the Guard."
- January 19, 1998
- Help Wanted
James Levine is on "good behavior" in Munich; Valery Gergiev is good news for the Met.
- January 5, 1998
- Lost in the Woods
Juilliard's "Hänsel und Gretel" can only be described as crumby.
Email
Print
