- August 17, 1998
- Idomeneo Theory
In 1984, Gerard Schwarz and Mostly Mozart botched Richard Strauss's reworking of Mozart's problem opera. This time around, they got it right.
- June 14, 1999
- "The Ballad of Baby Doe"
A reissue of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" reveals Beverly Sill's early greatness.
- October 14, 2002
- Golden Oldies
With Plácido Domingo onstage and James Levine in the pit, the Met opened its season with a heavy dose of the tried and the true -- a sound decision, as it turned out.
- August 7, 2000
- For the Birds
More Messiaen at Lincoln Center, including his "Turangalîla-symphonie," failed to reveal the transcriber of warbles as more than a cult composer.
- November 22, 1999
- "A Child of Our Time"
"A Child of Our Time"
- January 29, 2001
- All Fired Up
Doktor Faust
- March 22, 2004
- Shaving Crème
City Opera’s Sweeney Todd revival could win over even a Sondheim detractor; an unpretentious Don Giovanni; Monteverdi with puppets.
- February 8, 1999
- Classical Revivals
- June 14, 1999
- "Missa Solemnis"
- May 29, 2000
- La Commedia è Finita
The Met repackages the Three Tenors into opera even lighter, but the trill is gone; the once-great Carlo Bergonzi takes on "Otello" -- and murders Verdi.

Email
Print
