The New York ‘Times’ Takes a Stand Against French Horns

What on earth is so hateable about an instrument mostly known as the one that no one in your tenth-grade concert band wanted to play?

Currently in Line: Angry Old People and Funny Young People

Clearly these Met subscribers have never attempted to purchase an iPhone.

Olympic Opening Ceremony Features Most Awesome Fireworks, Lang Lang Outfit Ever

The Zhang Yimou–directed ceremony won't air until tonight in the U.S., but it already happened.

David Remnick Profiles the Chinese Pianist Who Will Liberace Up the Olympics

The best parts of David Remnick's 'New Yorker' profile of Chinese pianist Lang Lang.

French Critics, Even Snootier Than Expected, Pan Cronenberg Opera

We assumed critics would take to 'The Fly' like flies to ... you know. We were wrong.

Deborah Voigt Faces the Little Black Dress Once More

Soprano Deborah Voigt makes sport of her firing in a YouTube video.

‘Brokeback Mountain’ Opera Not Necessarily the Campiest Thing Ever

You might think that the only thing campier than a pair of singing cowboys is a couple of gay opera-singing cowboys.

Robot-Apocalypse Update: Robot Orchestra to Perform This Saturday

This Saturday, an entirely robotic orchestra will play George Antheil’s score to the Dadaist film 'Ballet mécanique' alongside the film itself for the first time.

Al Gore Ready for ‘An Inconvenient Opera’

La Scala in Milan is bringing Gore's Oscar-winning PowerPoint presentation to the screen.

The Met Attacked by Huge, Opera-Loving Mice!

According to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, a recent inspection of the Met turned up mouse poop.

Verdi-vs.-Shakespeare Beef Not As Hard-core As We Hoped

Don't miss Verdi's deathless aria, "O, Shakespeare, cacasenno, vi daro dei calci nei vostri antichi."

The Philharmonic Will Be Fine Without Riccardo Muti

The conductor has jilted a besotted New York Philharmonic not just once or twice, but three times.

At City Ballet, Jerome Robbins Remembered As a Guy You Wouldn't Mind Seeing Fall Off the Stage

Ethan Hawke, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Lauren Bacall, and Lesley Stahl remember the mercurial choreographer.

Want to Download Juan Diego Flórez's Met Encore?

Plus, the 'Times' reveals the planning that went into this seemingly spontaneous moment.

Juan Diego Flórez Matches Pavarotti

Flórez looks, sounds, and acts nothing at all like Pavarotti, but he did get a Luciano-size ovation.

Rufus Wainwright and His Mom Catch History at the Metropolitan Opera

Rufus Wainwright is still waiting for his encore, but not his mother!

Dancer Jock Soto Looks Back on a Life in Tights (and Fishnets)

"I’d been dancing in a strip mall outside Phoenix. I didn't know what I was getting myself into."

Joan Acocella Reviews ‘Dancing With the Stars’?

The most prominent dance critic in America is reviewing a TV show that features a dancing Monica Seles.

Is the Met the Hot Zone of Opera?

The City Opera's Doggy-Style Love: Peter Sellars Approves