Russell Platt

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Archives

Russell Platt

Just Barely Mozart

Maazel’s Big Mahler Toodle-Oo: Grand, But a Tad Technical

A Movable Feast

VOX Rocks; Visiting Haitink Pristine But Not Fun

Nonviolence at the Met; A Boldface Crowd at Zankel Hall

Mattila’s Manon Misses the Mark; Berio’s Vital, Fractured Sinfonia

Maazel Makes Sense of Die Walküre; Richard Jones' (Almost) Adult Hansel and Gretel

Sir Simon Brings Berlin to Washington Heights

Philip Roth’s Grim Everyman Takes a Bow with Takács

Toni and Mary Triumph: Opening Night’s Bliss for Opera Buffs

Light Summer Classics; a Hearty Russian Ring Cycle

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