Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, NY; January 26, 2024—When one thinks of musical settings of Christ’s Passion,
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; January 12, 2024—The Metropolitan Opera’s new Carmen is mostly being dismissed as an unnecessary
At the beginning of what in some circles is called the Holy Nights, in others the Twelve Days of Christmas
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, NY; December 16, 2023—It’s Christmas Time again in New York and that means merrily shopping
They may be from the distant past, but these three Christmas recordings hold up as well or better than most
In the first couple of decades following the advent of the CD in the mid-1980s, new recordings of Christmas music
Before we focus attention on some of the newer Christmas releases–beginning later this week–we thought it would be useful to
October 17, 2023; Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York—Choral concerts can be tricky, especially in a cathedral. Will
Bernstein: Candide; The Glimmerglass Festival, Cooperstown, NY, August 13, 2023—The 2023 Glimmerglass Festival is the first helmed by Rob Ainsley,
Lincoln Center, New York; July 19, 2023—Most of Donizetti’s 70-plus operas tend to lean on the soprano as the evening’s