By Charles Michener 3/13/06 12:00am

A Memento and a Harbinger: The Met Ponders a Crossroads

Peter Gelb, who’s slated to take the helm at the Metropolitan Opera this summer, recently told a reporter that he wants to “reconnect it to the world.” A former top executive at Sony Music with a fondness for merging the divergent voices of classical, jazz and pop artists, Mr. Gelb plans to increase the number Read More

By Charles Michener 4/04/05 12:00am

Bullish on Baroque Opera: A Maestro and His Acolytes

“Handel is closer to us than many composers who came along years later,” William Christie said as we were having coffee in the lobby of the Carlyle. He was in town with Les Arts Florissants, his celebrated, Paris-based troupe of musicians, who are dedicated to making music written more than 250 years ago sound as Read More