Palace Theater, New York; March, 2009 The original production of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story – and the film that

Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, N.Y.; January 20, 2009 Mark Morris’s two year old, splendid, dance-filled, production of Gluck’s Orfeo

Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, N.Y.; January 12, 2009 Bizet’s Carmen has been a mess at the Met since 1986.

Metropolitan Opera House, New York; October 1, 2008 The big news in this season’s revival of the Met’s four year

Carnegie Hall, New York; May 7, 2008 Everyone knows that Mahler’s Eighth Symphony can be played by much fewer than

Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, N.Y.; March 3, 2008 The penultimate scene of Benjamin Britten’s “Peter Grimes” finds the title

Carnegie Hall, New York; February 26, 2008 The well-oiled music-making machine known as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra rolled into Carnegie

Carnegie Hall, New York; February 20, 2008 Pianist Alfred Brendel’s first solo recital at Carnegie Hall was in January, 1973.

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center; New York; January 11, 2008 When an orchestral program is made up of works by

Guggenheim Museum, New York; Jan 11, 2008 The Guggenheim Museum’s Peter B. Lewis Theater was host to American Opera Projects’