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Encores! Unearths Another Gem
Feb 8, 2010
by Howard Kissel
Endearing revival of "Fanny" makes you wonder what took so long...A Dreary Revival with but One Saving Grace
Feb 8, 2010
by Peter G. Davis
Strauss’s "Ariadne auf Naxos" returns to the Met, and even the orchestra sounds off its game...In London, a Feast of Sibelius
Feb 5, 2010
by Keith Clarke
Osmo Vänskä leads the London Philharmonic in several stages of “Miraculous Logic”...A Concert of Intergenerational Music Making
Feb 3, 2010
by Jordan Brown
American Composers Orchestra offers "Conversations" with many voices...Botstein Resurrects Henry Cowell
Feb 2, 2010
by Leslie Kandell
Neglected treasures revisited, when just one visit is enough...Heroes of Yesterday Get a Second Look
Feb 1, 2010
by Peter G. Davis
An oft-neglected group of mid-century American composers recognized at this year's Focus!...A New Tenor Bows in Met "Carmen"
Jan 29, 2010
by Mike Silverman
A little rough around the edges, but he's positively frightening in the final, tragic scene...And Now, Boulez the Composer
Jan 27, 2010
by Wynne Delacoma
The birthday boy gets a CSO chamber program devoted to his work...Opera as Moon Caper
Jan 22, 2010
by Patrick J. Smith
Gotham Chamber Opera’s "Il Mondo della luna" is a three-ring frolic – in a planetarium, no less...He Turns to Boccanegra as He Turns 69
Jan 21, 2010
by George Loomis
Domingo's latest incarnation deemed a wise idea, perhaps even a(nother) new beginning...Hampson Sings "The Wound-Dresser"
Jan 19, 2010
by George Loomis
One of John Adams' most affecting works gets a reading from the New York Philharmonic...'The Golden Gate' as Opera
Jan 18, 2010
by Patrick J. Smith
Workshop production of Conrad Cummings' piece at American Opera Projects...Not Quite a Masterpiece
Jan 15, 2010
by George Loomis
A tenor who sang Stiffelio returns to the Met to conduct...The High Modernists Prevail
Jan 14, 2010
by Jordan Brown
Levine and the MET Chamber Ensemble tackle Babbitt, Carter and Strauss...Bronx Opera Brings “Die drei Pintos” to NY
Jan 13, 2010
by George Loomis
Weber’s unfinished opera, topped off with skill by a young composer named Gustav Mahler...George Benjamin Returns to San Francisco
Jan 12, 2010
by Georgia Rowe
Orchestra kicks off "Project San Francisco" with the composer/conductor front and center...Chicago Gets the Jump on Boulez’s Bday
Jan 11, 2010
by Wynne Delacoma
Orchestra’s conductor emeritus begins a week-long residency...Discovering Martinu Opera in Prague
Jan 5, 2010
by Larry L. Lash
National Theater offers “The Miracles of Mary”...Met’s New “Carmen” Triumphs
Jan 4, 2010
by George Loomis
The keen insights of Richard Eyre’s staging are heightened by a superb cast, headed by Elina Garanca...'Flahooley': Strangest Musical of the Century
Dec 24, 2009
by Michael Kuchwara
Serious musical-theater archeologists can't afford to miss this off-Bway revival...Goebbels Raises More BIG Questions
Dec 23, 2009
by Brian Wise
"Stifters Dinge" makes its U.S. debut in the Park Avenue Armory...NY Phil Nods to New Music -- Elsewhere
Dec 22, 2009
by George Loomis
First of the season's two “Contact!” programs, at Symphony Space, proves mildly interesting...Disaster at the Vienna Staatsoper
Dec 21, 2009
by Larry L. Lash
The booing at the new "Macbeth" began five minutes in and exploded at the end...A Toothless “Threepenny Opera” in Prague
Dec 17, 2009
by Larry L. Lash
A synthesizer in the pit indicated trouble ahead...Les Violons du Roy: What’s in a Name?
Dec 16, 2009
by George Loomis
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio on modern instruments launches the holiday season...Fauré’s Attempt at Opera
Dec 15, 2009
by Patrick J. Smith
Manhattan School of Music mounts the rarely performed “Penelope”...Some Pleasant Surprises in Met “Elektra”
Dec 14, 2009
by George Loomis
Substitution for scheduled “Die Frau” opens with a strong cast...'A Little Night Music,” A Lot of Missing Pieces
Dec 13, 2009
by Susan Elliott
If you can tolerate the sawed-off musical corners, there is much else to admire...Braving the Elements for a Henze Symphony
Dec 10, 2009
by Wynne Delacoma
Chicago Civic Orchestra's young players brim with “juvenile spirit and verve” in local premiere of No. 8...La Scala: The (Italian) Reviews Are In
Dec 9, 2009
by Colleen Barry
High praise all 'round, especially for the women...West Coast, Left Coast = Wheat and Chaff
Dec 9, 2009
by David Mermelstein
John Adams presides over a week of curios...At the Wien Modern Festival: ‘Snap Out of It!’
Dec 8, 2009
by Larry L. Lash
Nothing like a healthy dose of new music to interrupt the classical snooze...Arditti Quartet Rises to the Occasion
Dec 8, 2009
by Christian Carey
Last-minute program change lends concert an atmosphere of bracing spontaneity...Puzzling Choices Mar Met's New “Hoffmann”
Dec 7, 2009
by Peter G. Davis
Why this edition of the score? Why the bleak staging?...Chicago Lyric’s Wary “Widow”
Dec 7, 2009
by Wynne Delacoma
She’s hard and invulnerable; how can there be love?...Peter Eötvös’ 'Le Balcon' Revisited
Dec 1, 2009
by Stephen Mudge
New production in Bordeaux gives 2002 opera another chance for exploration...A (Mostly) Heavenly Night at the Ballet
Dec 1, 2009
by Rachel Straus
New York City Ballet’s season gets underway with a starry gala...Off-season Discoveries in Dresden
by Wes Blomster
Behind the festival façade at Semper-Oper...
