Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. Gen 41:7 The new production of Britten’s A Midsum...

I hadn’t heard of Nico Muhly until early last year when I read that he had been commissioned by the Met in New York to write an opera based...

I had heard of eighth blackbird without knowing much about them, and when I saw they were performing at the Barbican in London, I thought...

The Met’s 2007   production of Orfeo ed Euridice has been revived this year, with Antony Walker conducting; and I saw its opening night....

The Met has revived for the first time the John Cox production of Richard Strauss’ Capriccio first seen in 1998 with Kiri Te Kanawa as th...

I had read some reviews of concerts at Le Poisson Rouge , a new venue, founded by musicians, in Bleeker Street, New York.   It is “dedicate...

Making Music: Christopher Rouse, a concert in Zankel Hall gave me the opportunity to learn something of a major American composer and his w...