Two Symphony Orchestras Tackle Wagner’s Supreme Masterpiece and Strauss’s First Opera with Mixed Results
The American Symphony Orchestra returned recently to Carnegie Hall with the underrated 'Guntram,' championed by conductor Leon Botstein.
Carnegie Hall
‘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.
Michael Mayer’s Faux-Archaeologists Can’t Rescue His Entombed ‘Aida’ at the Met
Mayer’s weak attempt to address opera’s recent struggles with its history of fetishization of “exotic” cultures adds nothing to the production.
