By Rex Reed 2/23/04 12:00am

Dazzling Divas’ Strapless Splendor

Who needs another boring box of overpriced Godivas? This Valentine’s Day, aim an arrow at your love from Cupid’s bow that won’t be forgotten. Thawing the February ice, Christine Andreas and Sylvia McNair, two luscious divas with beauty to enhance and voices to enthrall, have arrived to make the supper-club scene something very special indeed. Read More

By Charles Michener 2/15/99 12:00am

Now for a Little Bump und Grind: Bartoli, Terfel, McNair Sex It Up

Classical music has rarely tried to simulate-let alone activate-sexual intercourse. Occasions when it has include the climactic carnal duet in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea , Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps , and that perennial first-time sexual aid, Ravel’s Boléro . But from its very beginning, music has spoken of love-declaring it, longing for it, cursing Read More