‘Giulio Cesare’ Versus ‘Antony and Cleopatra’: Round Two Giulio Cesare is once again competing with Antony and Cleopatra, the latter this time a new work by John Adams that premiered at the Met on May 12. By Christopher Corwin
‘Happy Birthday, Bill!’—America’s Gift to the French Baroque Turns 80 Commemoration of William Christie's eighth decade began last year with grand stagings in Paris of Charpentier’s 'Médée' and Rameau’s 'Les Fêtes d’Hébé.' By Christopher Corwin
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 By Charles Michener