Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met’s Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met’s Hoffmann Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; Oct 24, 2024 Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann is a nasty work. Despite its
Ideally Cast Met Revival of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; March 19, 2024—The Met has revived Bartlett Sher’s 1967 production of Gounod’s R&J hot on the heels of its
Arvo Pärt’s Passio At St. John The Divine
Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, NY; January 26, 2024—When one thinks of musical settings of Christ’s Passion, one normally thinks of the
Redneck Carmen At The Met–No Sun, No Heat
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; January 12, 2024—The Metropolitan Opera’s new Carmen is mostly being dismissed as an unnecessary updating, with what director Carrie
A Fine Messiah From The NY Philharmonic Under Fabio Biondi
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, NY; December 16, 2023—It’s Christmas Time again in New York and that means merrily shopping crowds galore, an 800-foot-tall tree,
Choral Music From All Periods, Enveloping The Listener–Musica Sacra At St. John the Divine
October 17, 2023; Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York—Choral concerts can be tricky, especially in a cathedral. Will your seat be in an
Musically Stunning, Witty, Wacky Candide At Glimmerglass
Bernstein: Candide; The Glimmerglass Festival, Cooperstown, NY, August 13, 2023—The 2023 Glimmerglass Festival is the first helmed by Rob Ainsley, late of the Washington National
Rare Bel Canto From Teatro Nuovo: Poliuto At Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center, New York; July 19, 2023—Most of Donizetti’s 70-plus operas tend to lean on the soprano as the evening’s focus, but Poliuto, his 57th,
Notre-Dame de Paris
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, NY; June, 2023—It’s hard to believe that this 25-year-old work has managed to elude me. It has been played
Brilliantly Musical Sweeney Todd Is Back On Broadway
Lunt-Fontanne Theater, West 46th Street, New York; June 22, 2023—New York loves Stephen Sondheim’s stunningly creepy Sweeney Todd. There have been many productions since the