Topflight Teamwork Makes for a Marvelous Met Mozart Unlike many works by Puccini, Verdi or Wagner, Mozart’s operas demand charismatic singing actors working closely together with a minimum of diva/divo posturing. By Christopher Corwin
Despite Its Faults, the Met’s ‘X’ Is Worth the Ticket The opera pays scant attention to the period of the civil rights activist's greatest influence—and controversy. By Christopher Corwin