I was disappointed with Vanessa by Samuel Barber, which began its season at the New York City Opera on November 5. The production and singi...

On Saturday afternoon, 3 November, I saw this seasons opening performance of La Traviata at the Met. The production, which is now almost ten...

David Walker as Ottone with automatic weapon and reflections. I had almost given up on New York City Opera. The performances I had seen ther...

On Friday 2 November, I returned to Avery Fisher Hall and the New York Philharmonic. The conductor was Semyon Bychokov and the soloists i...

The Met has a new production of Verdi’s Macbeth this season. Macbeth follows the Shakespeare play with a few variations: http://en.wikipedia...

On October 28, the Orchestra of St. Lukes gave a concert at Carnegie Hall. The foyers are decorated with signed photographs of the great pe...

Tamaki Miura as Butterfly: statue Glover Gardens Nagasaki At one time I disliked Madam Butterfly which I saw as a travesty of Japanese life....