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. By Christopher Corwin
‘Brokeback Mountain’ Opera Sings of Gay Love—Minus the Passion A ‘Brokeback Mountain’ that leaves the audience dry-eyed is no ‘Brokeback Mountain’ at all. By James Jorden
‘Tristan und Isolde’ Soars, While ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘La Bohème’ Fail to Impress Mixed offerings from The Metropolitan Opera. By James Jorden