Performer: Douglas Fitch

Conducting a reduced version of his own opera, Matthew Aucoin's Eurydice still packs a big punch. 

Susan Graham had all the fun every mezzo-soprano witch, who can sing the role and disguise herself – when necessary – to look the part, deserves. 

Doug Fitch masterminds a splendidly inventive multimedia rendering of Petrushka, ably supported by Alan Gilbert and the NY Phil.

Unusual scenes at the New York Philharmonic this past weekend: a ballerina flouncing across the stage; conductor Alan Gilbert lugging a life-size puppet down the aisle amid rows of laughing, bewildered audience members; black-and-white video projections of the orchestra musicians sipping tea.