
I had a feeling we were in trouble when the 12 soloists appeared on stage. Director/choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker decided that each character in
This no-nonsense, quickly-paced Verdi Requiem (77 minutes as opposed to, say, Muti’s 89) solves the problem of whether to perform it as either an opera
You can’t say that Philippe Jordan lacks for ideas. His Afternoon of a Faun is luscious, languorous, and really very beautiful, with a lovely flute
Recorded at the Vienna State Opera in February 2005, this Werther is a complicated affair, and relatively satisfying. The production, updated to the 1950s, is
I always approach a David McVicar production with interest and occasionally with caution; he’s never dull or foolish and he frequently finds a new nail
François-Frédéric Guy’s robust approach not only enlivens Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto but lifts it out of the quasi-period setting created by Philippe Jordan and the