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Star-studded gloom in Kevin Puts' The Hours at the Met
Is it possible to have a minor success on every level? Kevin Puts' The Hours underwhelms in its world premiere production at the Metropolitan Opera.
Philadelphia Orchestra offers a sneak peek at Met-bound The Hours
Despite beautifully realized performances from Renée Fleming and Kelli O'Hara, Kevin Puts' opera is still finding its voice.
New York Philharmonic opens its season with hits and misses
The New York Philharmonic opened its season last night with a splendidly conceived mash-up of selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Unfortunately, the first half of the concert was less compelling.
Little regard for Mozart and da Ponte in Met's Così
Phelim McDermott’s new Met production is set in Brooklyn’s Coney Island in the late 1950s and is brilliantly vivid looking, but Mozart's music plays second fiddle.
Gala opening to The Met's The Merry Widow
Only the slightest of quibbles with a fun, frothy new production of The Merry Widow at The Met.
New York Philharmonic's Carousel a real classic
While musicals are normally outside the purview of major symphony orchestras, fans of Rodgers and Hammerstein can only be grateful for the New York Philharmonic’s beautiful staging of Carousel, currently onstage at Avery Fisher Hall.