- July 30, 2001
- The Discovery Card
White Raven
Luci Mie Traditrici
Edda
All presented by Lincoln Center Festival 2001.
- March 10, 2003
- Back in the USSR
With an eye on his own history, Vladimir Ashkenazy brilliantly conducts the music of Shostakovich and Prokofiev, who wrote for—and against—Stalin.
- December 23, 2002
- We'll Always Have Paris
The Puccini of Baz Luhrmann's almost manic La Bohème is hard to resist. Also reviewed: A View From the Bridge and Winterreise.
- 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.
- September 29, 2003
- Carnegie Small
Or medium. Or big . . . The new, endlessly transformable Zankel Hall is a space savior; the City Opera loses its handle on Handel’s Alcina.
- May 30, 2005
- The Schnozz
At the Met, the ageless Plácido Domingo leads Alfano’s Cyrano back from undeserved obscurity.
- December 15, 2003
- Fantaisie Guest
Conductor David Robertson draws brilliance and passion from the Philharmonic; an offbeat troupe reveals the unknown Mascagni.
- December 14, 1998
- Yo Go, Girl
Long on décor and devoid of feeling for the dying Violetta, Zeffirelli's production of "La Traviata" seems to have taken its design cue from "The Will Rogers Follies."
- February 24, 2003
- Pacific Overture
Just before his death, California composer Lou Harrison gets a loving tribute from Juilliard; a new baton at the Cleveland.
- March 8, 2004
- New Standards
After 29 years leading the Boston Symphony, Seiji Ozawa finds new life with the Vienna Philharmonic—even among the classics.
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