Articles by Matthew Gurewitsch
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Articles, Reviews
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| Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall |
Classical Voice North America |
March 8, 2025 |
| Announcing my new Substack |
substack.com/@matthewgurewitsch |
September 3, 2024 |
| Keersmaeker's Bach, Tharp's Brel and Balanchine |
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April 6, 2024 |
| Brahms, Balanchine, and love in three-quarter time etc., plus a nod to Justin Peck |
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April 2, 2024 |
| Busy, busy |
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March 30, 2024 |
| Balanchine's Four Temperaments, Symphony in Three Movements |
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March 29, 2024 |
| Jerome Robbins in winter |
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March 17, 2024 |
| Two extra-special stops on Víkingur Ólafsson's Goldberg Variations tour |
Musical America |
February 29, 2024 |
| Mostly Mozart from Juilliard415 in tandem with Kristian Bezuidenhout |
Classical Voice North America |
February 29, 2024 |
| Tiler Peck's Concerto for Two Pianos, Ratmansky's Solitude |
Musical America |
February 27, 2024 |
| Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas strike again with 'Days of Wine and Roses' |
Classical Voice North America |
February 26, 2024 |
| Sondheim Finished, Refinished, Unfinished |
Classical Voice North America |
December 15, 2023 |
| From Rapa Nui with love |
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November 25, 2023 |
| At 75, the New York City Ballet celebrates George Balanchine |
Classical Voice North America |
November 25, 2023 |
| From the mailbag: Balanchine on Broadway |
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November 16, 2023 |
| Reflections on Balanchine's Orpheus |
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November 15, 2023 |
| Hashtag "Gagged on Amazon" |
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October 15, 2023 |
| "Are you OK? Let your friends know!" |
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August 15, 2023 |
| Kander & Ebb Redux |
Classical Voice North America |
August 14, 2023 |
| In memoriam Helen Kamioner (December 5, 1950-May 6, 2023) |
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May 10, 2023 |
| Round and round the square |
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April 1, 2023 |
| Where are they now? The further adventures of Gran Wilson, a great Tamino... |
Classical Voice North America |
February 7, 2023 |
| Drypoint to Technicolor |
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December 9, 2022 |
| In Generational Relay, Bright Young Maestro Takes Baton And Flies |
Classical Voice North America |
December 5, 2022 |
| Same zeitgeist, other revelations |
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November 21, 2022 |
| Ingo Metzmacher leads Franz Schmidt's "Buch Mit Sieben Siegeln" |
Classical Voice North America |
November 19, 2022 |
| Salome twice over, Mahler and Verdi in Vienna |
Classical Voice North America |
November 10, 2022 |
| A Manhattan memorial for Juraj Filas |
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November 10, 2022 |
| Celebrating Beethoven, late but gloriously, In the Norwegian countryside |
Classical Voice North America |
August 10, 2022 |
| Back Into the Woods |
Classical Voice North America |
August 1, 2022 |
| R.I.P. Juraj Filas (March 5, 1955-December 31, 2021) |
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December 31, 2021 |
| The Amahl file |
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December 23, 2021 |
| A banner year of armchair opera, three banner weeks with Michael Spyres |
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December 20, 2021 |
| When's Boxing Day again? |
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December 4, 2021 |
| The Sondheim File |
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December 3, 2021 |
| Sondheim's World |
Parnassus: Poetry in Review (Autumn 2009) |
December 3, 2021 |
| From the Archives: Everything's Coming Up Sondheim |
Town & Country (May 2002) |
December 2, 2021 |
| At the Met, "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"; in Brussels, "The Time Of Our Singing" |
Air Mail |
November 2, 2021 |
| A shot in the arm--make that two shots--for Lyric Opera of Chicago |
Air Mail |
September 11, 2021 |
| A woman apart |
Air Mail |
July 31, 2021 |
| The fine print: everything else we heard on our last two episodes of "Catch of the Day" |
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June 16, 2021 |
| Three times 88 keys |
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June 14, 2021 |
| Ready for take-off: Randall Goosby |
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June 11, 2021 |
| The Book of Job according to Mr. Beethoven |
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May 21, 2021 |
| The Paris Opera reopens with Marc-André Dalbavie's new 'Satin Slipper' |
Air Mail |
May 15, 2021 |
| Catch of the Day salutes Christa Ludwig |
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May 14, 2021 |
| April's last Catch: Brush up your Shakespeare |
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May 1, 2021 |
| April's last Catch: the series continues |
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May 1, 2021 |
| April's last Catch: a limited miniseries begins |
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May 1, 2021 |
| Celia Ipiotis and the living legacy of "Eye on Dance" |
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April 17, 2021 |
| Music in the real world: Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, arranged by Shostakovich |
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April 15, 2021 |
| A basketful of Easter eggs |
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April 10, 2021 |
| Milestones for strings, Black music matters, Muti's Attila... |
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April 2, 2021 |
| Songs with words and songs without |
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March 13, 2021 |
| Chat with Hilary Hahn about Rautavaara's Serenades now live |
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March 5, 2021 |
| Our expanding universe |
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March 5, 2021 |
| Three more winners |
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February 8, 2021 |
| Island in the stream |
Air Mail |
February 6, 2021 |
| Twist's double feature |
Air Mail |
February 3, 2021 |
| Three times lucky (make that four) |
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February 2, 2021 |
| A New Year, a new age? |
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January 9, 2021 |
| In dulci jubilo, or, Year-end Catches of the Day (part 2) |
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December 30, 2020 |
| In dulci jubilo, or, Year-end Catches of the Day (part 1) |
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December 30, 2020 |
| Marta Eggerth and Jan Kiepura, "In Love and Song" |
Air Mail |
December 5, 2020 |
| Bounty - A very lucky Catch of the Day |
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December 1, 2020 |
| Behind the soundtrack of "The Last Dalai Lama?" |
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December 1, 2020 |
| Trick or treat? Catch of the Day meets the Great Pumpkin |
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November 10, 2020 |
| Georgia on his mind |
Air Mail |
October 17, 2020 |
| On Mozart's fingerboard, in a lonely cell, footloose in the world... |
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October 6, 2020 |
| When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame |
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October 5, 2020 |
| Dan Tepfer's Goldberg Inversions |
AIR MAIL |
October 3, 2020 |
| Complete Works - The Table Top Shakespeare At Home |
Air Mail |
September 26, 2020 |
| Corrected links for most recent Apple playlists |
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September 8, 2020 |
| Paths cross again at summer's end |
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September 8, 2020 |
| Bach of Ages |
Air Mail |
August 29, 2020 |
| From the Mariinsky, with love |
Air Mail |
August 15, 2020 |
| Awaiting that eureka moment - Catch of the Day, August 2, 2020 |
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August 5, 2020 |
| Bruce Adolphe's Piano Puzzlers |
AIR MAIL/Arts Intel Report |
August 1, 2020 |
| Spirits of revolution |
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July 28, 2020 |
| Catch of the Day celebrates Independence |
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July 19, 2020 |
| Stars of the Met, live from around the world |
AirMail, Arts Intel Report |
July 17, 2020 |
| In memoriam Jamie James (June 24, 1951-February 9, 2020) |
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July 9, 2020 |
| New bells and whistles at Catch of the Day |
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June 28, 2020 |
| Opera as it was |
Air Mail |
June 27, 2020 |
| How to stream "Catch of the Day," wherever in the world you are |
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June 26, 2020 |
| P.S. on "Creating 'Der Rosenkavalier'" |
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June 21, 2020 |
| Where's the catch? |
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June 18, 2020 |
| Pardon garbled post (Catch of the Day, #BLM edition) |
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June 12, 2020 |
| On Catch of the Day, a #BLM special |
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June 12, 2020 |
| Sondheim at 90 |
Arts Intel Report, AiR MAIL |
May 2, 2020 |
| Self-Isolate with Boccaccio |
Arts Intel Report, airmail.news |
April 11, 2020 |
| Sweet Land, from LA Historic Park direct to video |
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April 3, 2020 |
| Russian pianist, Wailuku church are a match made in heaven |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
March 8, 2020 |
| ¡Habla conmigo! Creativity in conversation |
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January 28, 2020 |
| Hui's annual juried show presents pleasing works by familiar talents |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
January 26, 2020 |
| Catch as catch can (October 2019-January 2020) |
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January 14, 2020 |
| Previews of attractions, coming and gone |
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January 12, 2020 |
| Exhibit shows nature transformed by sophisticated ideas, craftsmanship |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
January 12, 2020 |
| MAPA version of 'The Nutcracker' provides glimpses of world peace |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
December 15, 2019 |
| Tom Sewell's Secret Garden |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
December 8, 2019 |
| No shortage of musical Advent performances this holiday season |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
November 24, 2019 |
| Casting call for Iao Theater's 'Matilda' draws girls far and wide |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
November 24, 2019 |
| New Jersey transplant adapts as carving materials change |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
November 3, 2019 |
| Contagious |
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October 3, 2019 |
| Giya Kancheli, 1935-2019 |
The Atlantic Monthly (April 1997) |
October 3, 2019 |
| In memoriam: Jessye Norman |
Connoisseur, January 1987 |
October 1, 2019 |
| A deep dive into swirling waters of Russian Chamber Music |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
September 29, 2019 |
| Behind the scenes with Lorenzo Brewer, founder and CEO of nkoda |
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September 26, 2019 |
| Twisty bromance takes center stage in noirish 'Strangers On a Train' |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
September 15, 2019 |
| New Maui exhibit showcases artists at their barricades |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
September 8, 2019 |
| Meet the 3 muses of Maui's Adaptations Dance Theater |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
September 1, 2019 |
| Summertime at Catch of the Day, Part 4 |
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August 30, 2019 |
| From the archives - Superstars gravitate to a super scriptwriter |
The New York Times (originally published May 30, 1999) |
August 12, 2019 |
| Summertime at Catch of the Day, Part 3 |
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August 12, 2019 |
| Summertime at Catch of the Day, Part 2 (July 28) |
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August 11, 2019 |
| Summertime @ Catch of the Day, Part I (June 30) |
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August 10, 2019 |
| Air Mail takes flight |
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July 20, 2019 |
| Live on tape, seven great maestros, a man who made waterfalls, and me |
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July 3, 2019 |
| Scrambling to catch up |
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June 17, 2019 |
| Over the moon with Rossini's Rosina, in the dumps with a Verdi Leonora |
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20 Jun 2019 |
| Franco Zeffirelli |
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June 15, 2019 |
| Hobnobbing with Sellars and Aimard in Herrenhausen |
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18 Jun 2019 |
| Caught in January (Omega edition) |
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January 30, 2019 |
| 'Twas the season |
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January 15, 2019 |
| Pre-Posthumous: Edward Gorey on the fringe |
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January 9, 2019 |
| Catching up with Catch of the Day |
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November 4, 2018 |
| Speak for yourself, Conrad! |
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October 26, 2018 |
| So, what exactly will it be when the wind blows? |
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September 5, 2018 |
| Jeremiah at the opera: a talk with Conrad Osborne |
Oper! Das Magazin (Berlin) |
August 25, 2018 |
| Make way for La Nilsson, make way for Steve J. |
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August 24, 2018 |
| Annie Walton-Teter's long and winding road |
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July 10, 2018 |
| From the center of the universe and other locations |
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July 5, 2018 |
| Netrebko's first Tosca |
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June 9, 2018 |
| Yuval Sharon's multimedia Mahler |
Oper! Das Magazin (Germany), June 2018 |
June 7, 2018 |
| Tell us what you really think |
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June 5, 2018 |
| Catching up with Deborah Voigt |
Oper! Das Magazin (Germany), June 2018 |
June 5, 2018 |
| Bumper crop in brief |
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June 4, 2018 |
| Bull's-eye: Caleb Teicher lights up Crazy for You |
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May 30, 2018 |
| Peanuts, Charles M. Schulz, and his crystal ball |
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May 24, 2018 |
| New Perspectives Revivify Carousel And My Fair Lady |
Classical Voice North America |
May 4, 2018 |
| Audrey Luna and her 40 fathers |
Opera News (May 2018) |
May 3, 2018 |
| Where Marilyn Horne is at just now |
Oper! Das Magazin (Germany), May 2018 |
May 1, 2018 |
| Who's Afraid of Tristan? Not Jonas Kaufmann. |
Oper! Das Magazin (Germany), May 2018 |
May 1, 2018 |
| The Easter Bunny says, "April Fool!" |
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April 2, 2018 |
| Opera Aloha! |
Oper! Das Magazin (Germany), April 2018 |
April 1, 2018 |
| New Names on Catch of the Day (airdate: March 25, 2018) |
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March 27, 2018 |
| Americana in brief |
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March 25, 2018 |
| Brain waves, etc. |
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March 5, 2018 |
| Cases of instant surrender: Joseph Calleja, Evelyn Glennie, Hilary Hahn |
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March 1, 2018 |
| Going Places |
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February 8, 2018 |
| On Maui, budding virtuosi reach for the stars |
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February 6, 2018 |
| Vivaldi rediscovered, Vienna revitalized |
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January 30, 2018 |
| A stellar second act from the double threat whose name is Q |
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January 22, 2018 |
| From Los Angeles, another stab at Young Caesar |
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January 17, 2018 |
| Keyboard moments and more |
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January 15, 2018 |
| Gottfried von Einem at 100 |
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January 5, 2018 |
| From the 12th century to the 21st |
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January 5, 2018 |
| Gottfried von Einem goes toe-to-toe with Verdi |
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December 10, 2017 |
| Musical fantasies |
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December 8, 2017 |
| Travels with Dima |
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December 4, 2017 |
| From the Archives: Yesterday Siberia, Tomorrow the World |
Connoisseur (June 1990) |
December 4, 2017 |
| Maui connections: a recap |
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December 2, 2017 |
| California Girls revisited |
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November 30, 2017 |
| Garrison Keillor, erased |
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November 30, 2017 |
| La Divina is back again and much, much more |
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November 14, 2017 |
| All but the Hiddleston Hamlet |
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November 12, 2017 |
| In the wings with Philippe Jordan |
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November 10, 2017 |
| Philippe Jordan revives Pelléas and Così |
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November 8, 2017 |
| Lost and found at the Paris Opéra |
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October 31, 2017 |
| Don Carlos: Verdi à la française |
Wall Street Journal (October 14, 2005) |
October 16, 2017 |
| Barrie Kosky's New Onegin Opens in Zurich |
Musical America Worldwide |
October 3, 2017 |
| Lend me a tenor |
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September 5, 2017 |
| Yayoi Kusama contemplates infinity |
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August 29, 2017 |
| At Juilliard, Barbara Cook shares her recipe for success |
Wall Street Journal (December 14, 2005) |
August 13, 2017 |
| Being Barbara Cook |
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August 12, 2017 |
| From the Archives: Authentic Cook |
Town & Country |
August 12, 2017 |
| Baroque and beyond |
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August 11, 2017 |
| Be yourself: everyone else is taken |
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August 5, 2017 |
| From the Archives: Benjamin Zander, maestro of motivation |
Wall Street Journal |
August 4, 2017 |
| From the Archives: What drove Daniel Day-Lewis? |
Connoisseur, December 1989 |
July 12, 2017 |
| Warhorses' day off |
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July 12, 2017 |
| Rule, Britannia! |
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June 29, 2017 |
| Winging it |
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June 11, 2017 |
| And he called for his divas three |
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June 9, 2017 |
| Songs for all seasons |
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May 4, 2017 |
| From the archives: Jorma Hynninen, Voice of a Nation |
Connoisseur (June 1985) |
April 4, 2017 |
| Comparisons are enlightening |
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April 4, 2017 |
| Northward, Ho! |
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March 29, 2017 |
| Bloody murder |
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March 10, 2017 |
| Horror stories, old American masters, and more |
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March 10, 2017 |
| Flyers |
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March 9, 2017 |
| Exodus was just the beginning |
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January 27, 2017 |
| Moby Met ("Catch of the Day," episode 7) |
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January 27, 2017 |
| Hooked again! (continued) |
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January 23, 2017 |
| Hooked! (continued) |
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December 5, 2016 |
| Hooked! |
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December 1, 2016 |
| Déjà vu all over again |
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November 21, 2016 |
| Sounds of music for chaotic times |
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November 16, 2016 |
| Pure Gold from Arvo Pärt |
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October 1, 2016 |
| The pressure of deadliness |
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August 31, 2016 |
| A Love Supreme |
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August 28, 2016 |
| In the wings with Michael Fabiano, tenor |
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July 28, 2016 |
| David Gockley Calls It a Day |
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July 28, 2016 |
| In the wings with Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor |
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March 28, 2016 |
| In memoriam Nikolaus Harnoncourt (December 6, 1929-March 5, 2016) |
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March 7, 2016 |
| To Paul Griffiths, upon reading the book "let me tell you" but before hearing the concert piece of the same name |
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March 4, 2016 |
| To Trevor Noah at age 32 |
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February 20, 2016 |
| Among friends: a new album from Saimir Pirgu |
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February 5, 2016 |
| The Socratic method |
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January 9, 2016 |
| Wagner's Meistersinger in San Francisco |
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December 3, 2015 |
| In memoriam: Yveta Synek Graff |
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November 25, 2015 |
| A Bolcom and Morris scrapbook |
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October 29, 2015 |
| For Arvo Pärt at 80 |
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October 23, 2015 |
| Sondheim for keyboard |
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September 28, 2015 |
| Waltzing Matilda |
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July 24, 2015 |
| Fun Home, the musical |
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July 22, 2015 |
| Two scenes short |
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July 21, 2015 |
| Jon Vickers, Canadian icon (October 19, 1926-July 10, 2015) |
The New York Times |
July 12, 2015 |
| Minimus 3D Arkestra's big break |
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July 4, 2015 |
| Rosenkavalier, hot and cold |
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June 30, 2015 |
| Marco Tutino's Two Women, in Puccini's footsteps |
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June 26, 2015 |
| Berlioz meets Virgil: Les Troyens in San Francisco |
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June 24, 2015 |
| Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with bells and whistles |
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June 24, 2015 |
| In memoriam Ronald Wilford |
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June 14, 2015 |
| And did you know that he was married at St. Patrick's? |
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April 3, 2015 |
| Coda: Revisiting Ravenna |
Opera News |
April 2015 |
| How Hope Grows |
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January 8, 2015 |
| From the Archives: Roll-Player |
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January 6, 2015 |
| La Divina Goes Hi-Def |
Wall Street Journal |
December 17, 2014 |
| Fitting Farewell to an Era |
Wall Street Journal |
December 11, 2014 |
| In Vienna, Heady Mix of Messiaen, Boulez, Schubert |
Classical Voice North America |
November 4, 2014 |
| From the Archive: On the Roads of the Riviera |
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April 15, 2014 |
| A 3-D View of the Cosmos From Hawaii |
Wall Street Journal |
March 27, 2014 |
| What Will Happen to Brooklyn's Shrine to Enrico Caruso? |
Wall Street Journal |
February 4, 2014 |
| A Hawaiian Grand Tour |
Wall Street Journal |
December 25, 2013 |
| The Siegfried Complex: In the Wings with Lance Ryan |
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December 21, 2013 |
| Wikipedia, do you read me? Tony Smith, The Fourth Sign |
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December 18, 2013 |
| Bounty on a Budget |
Wall Street Journal |
August 26, 2013 |
| Musical of the Masses |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
August 13, 2013 |
| An Architectural Fantasia on Islamic Motifs |
Wall Street Journal |
July 22, 2013 |
| Cinephile's feast |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
June 16, 2013 |
| Stars shine as bright as heavens on Maui Film Festival |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
June 14, 2013 |
| Wagner's "Orphans" |
Wall Street Journal |
May 20, 2013 |
| A Big Man Still Dreams of the Big Times |
The New York Times |
May 17, 2013 |
| His Ukulele Is On Fire |
Wall Street Journal |
May 10, 2013 |
| The Solti Legacy |
Opera News |
May 2013 |
| Gone Today, Here Tomorrow? Pirgu's Romeo |
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March 12, 2013 |
| Tenor from the Dark Side of the Moon (Saimir Pirgu) |
New York Times |
March 8, 2013 |
| Britten's Turn of the Screw from Glyndebourne |
Opera News |
March 1, 2013 |
| The Performance I Can't Forget |
Opera News |
March 2013 |
| Wotan's Revenge |
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October 22, 2012 |
| CAVALLI: Giasone |
Opera News |
September 22, 2012 |
| SCIARRINO: Luci Mie Traditrici |
Opera News |
September 2012 |
| From the Archives: Declassified Samizdat |
New York Times (originally published February 28, 1999) |
August 20, 2012 |
| Stars offer familiarity in new isle home |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
August 12, 2012 |
| J.S. BACH: St. Matthew Passion |
Opera News |
August 2012 |
| Hearing the World, While Staying At Home |
The New York Times |
June 22, 2012 |
| On the Palms From His Hands |
The Wall Street Journal |
June 11, 2012 |
| BERG: Lulu |
Opera News |
June 2012 |
| One Man's Schubert |
The Atlantic Monthly |
March 1994 |
| The Corner of Falstaff and Zerbinetta |
The New York Times |
May 11, 2012 |
| Velvet Revolutionary: Yveta Synek Graff's campaign for Czech opera |
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April 25, 2012 |
| BERG: Lulu |
Opera News |
April 2012 |
| Rediscovering a Champion of the Ballad |
The New York Times |
February 24, 2012 |
| GIORDANO: Andrea Chénier |
Opera News |
February 2012 |
| Duel and Duality |
Opera News |
February 2012 |
| A Valkyrie's Voice Flashing More Than Steel |
The New York Times |
January 20, 2012 |
| Birgit Nilsson and Hans Knappertsbusch |
Opera News |
January 2012 |
| The Sins of the Father |
Opera News |
November 2011 |
| BERLIOZ: Les Troyens |
Opera News |
November 2011 |
| The Price Is Right - Or Is It? |
Opera News |
September 2011 |
| BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis and Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 & 9 |
Opera News |
August 2011 |
| An American Tragedy: The Zambello Ring, At Last Complete |
Opernwelt |
August 2011 |
| R. STRAUSS: Elektra |
Opera News |
July 2011 |
| In the Beginning Was the Word |
Parnassus: Poetry in Review |
2011 |
| Another Tale, or Two, Of That Operatic Figaro |
The New York Times |
June 3, 2011 |
| Capital Visionary: Plácido Domingo Inside the Beltway |
The Domingo Era: 1996-2011 |
May 31, 2011 |
| For a Violinist, Success Means A New Low Point |
The New York Times |
May 13, 2011 |
| A Blacksmith's Touch Makes Music Light |
The New York Times |
May 4, 2011 |
| VERDI: Simon Boccanegra |
Opera News |
May 2011 |
| A Hungry Singer, Consuming His Roles |
The New York Times |
April 15, 2011 |
| MARTÍN Y SOLER: L'Arbore di Diana |
Opera News |
April 2011 |
| Wittenberg: To go or not to go? Would that be the question? |
Capital New York |
March 29, 2011 |
| Standing Small, Singing Big, All Sulfur and Zest |
The New York Times |
February 17, 2011 |
| MASSENET: Werther |
Opera News |
February 2011 |
| Still Resonating From the Great Wall |
The New York Times |
January 26, 2011 |
| Silenced Voice, Heard Again |
The New York Times |
January 7, 2011 |
| Handel: Messiah |
Opera News |
January 2011 |
| Tomorrow's Juggler Today |
Capital New York |
December 24, 2010 |
| Want to Be a Star? Take Your Lumps |
The New York Times |
December 24, 2010 |
| Mozart: Così Fan Tutte |
Opera News |
December 2010 |
| New 'Don Carlo,' That Ever-Changing Opera |
The New York Times |
November 19, 2010 |
| Gerald Finley: A Long Way From Boy Chorister |
The New York Times |
November 5, 2010 |
| What Kind of an Animal Are You? 2 or 3 Things You Should Know About La Bête |
Capital New York |
November 5, 2010 |
| Zeffirelliana |
Franco Zeffirelli: Complete Works |
November 1, 2010 |
| Brandon Jovanovich: Finding His Voice, the Slow, Steady Way |
The New York Times |
October 29, 2010 |
| The once and future Ring |
Capital New York |
October 23, 2010 |
| Celebrating A Gift From Bali: Delicious Confusion |
The New York Times |
October 8, 2010 |
| WAGNER: Lohengrin |
Opera News |
October 2010 |
| The Creator of "Billy Elliot" on "The Pitmen Painters" as a Prequel |
Capital New York |
September 29, 2010 |
| On a Quest To Offer Arias In English |
The New York Times |
August 19, 2010 |
| The French New Wave |
Opera News |
August 2010 |
| MAW: Sophie's Choice |
Opera News |
August 2010 |
| A Feline Matron, Catnip for Seasoned Actresses |
The New York Times |
July 25, 2010 |
| After a Century, A Composer's Day in the Sun |
The New York Times |
July 23, 2010 |
| Practicing What He Once Preached |
The New York Times |
June 29, 2010 |
| Fiddling While the Midnight Sun Burns |
The New York Times |
June 22, 2010 |
| Flight Training: Building an Army of Billy Elliots |
The New York Times |
June 14, 2010 |
| A Conductor's Passion for 'Porgy' |
The New York Times |
June 1, 2010 |
| Video Review: The Valencia Ring |
Opera News |
June 2010 |
| New York's Date With the End of Time |
The New York Times |
May 18, 2010 |
| Rossini: L'Equivoco Stravagante |
Opera News |
May 2010 |
| Evoking the Past by Hearing Its Sounds |
The New York Times |
April 26, 2010 |
| Ahab Sings! (The Whale Does Not) |
The New York Times |
April 23, 2010 |
| Juggling Essays, Epics and Divas |
The New York Times |
April 8, 2010 |
| She's Standing on Her Own Just Fine |
The New York Times |
March 21, 2010 |
| When the Kids Come Out to Play |
The New York Times |
March 12, 2010 |
| Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen |
Opera News |
March 2010 |
| Honored in the Breach |
Opera News |
March 2010 |
| As Plain as the Nose on His Stage |
The New York Times |
February 24, 2010 |
| Operatic Style Designed to Suit Your Living Room |
The New York Times |
February 4, 2010 |
| Comes A Horseman |
Opera News |
February 2010 |
| A Space Opera in a Proper Galaxy |
The New York Times |
January 14, 2010 |
| A Threesome: Husband, Wife, Shakespeare |
The New York Times |
January 5, 2010 |
| New York / In Recital |
Opera Now |
January/February 2010 |
| Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier |
Opera News |
January 2010 |
| Schubert and Beckett: Footsteps in Snow |
The New York Times |
December 4, 2009 |
| Riccardo Muti:: Musician of the Year, 2010 |
Musical America |
December 2009 |
| Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel |
Opera News |
December 2009 |
| Wagner: Tannhäuser |
Opera News |
December 2009 |
| The Magic Pen: Mozart Operas Up Close |
The New York Times |
November 22, 2009 |
| A Soprano's Hat Trick: Puccini Triple Bill |
The New York Times |
November 11, 2009 |
| Secret Weapon of Czech Opera's Velvet Revolution |
The New York Times |
November 6, 2009 |
| Integrating titles into opera design |
Opera News |
November 2009 |
| Curiosity Spurred the Singers |
The New York Times |
October 25, 2009 |
| Cut the Fluff. What Makes Tosca Tick? |
The New York Times |
September 20, 2009 |
| A 'Ring' Recording That Has It All (Except the Music) |
The New York Times |
August 30, 2009 |
| For Vivaldi, Many More Seasons |
The New York Times |
August 23, 2009 |
| A Canadian Whirlwind Hits Town |
The New York Times |
August 2, 2009 |
| Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
Opera News |
August 2009 |
| Coda: A Hair Out of Place |
Opera News |
August 2009 |
| Martín y Soler: Il Burbero di Buon Cuore |
Opera News |
July 2009 |
| A Mezzo Kicks Up Her Heels in High Style |
The New York Times |
June 28, 2009 |
| On the Road: Opera in America, Spring of '09 |
Opernwelt |
June 11, 2009 |
| Weegee's Day at the Beach |
Smithsonian Magazine |
June 2009 |
| Video Review: 'Tristan und Isolde' |
Opera News |
June 2009 |
| Vienna's New Opera House Since 1801 |
The New York Times |
May 31, 2009 |
| Tenor at the Top Is Determined to Stay There |
The New York Times |
May 17, 2009 |
| The Cigarettes: Herbal. The Crisis: Midlife |
The New York Times |
May 3, 2009 |
| The State of Denmark |
Opera News |
May 2009 |
| When pigs fly |
Time Out New York |
April 16, 2009 |
| The Great Mozart Switcheroo |
The New York Times |
April 5, 2009 |
| Desperately Seeking Siegfried |
Opera News |
April 2009 |
| Composing Concertos in the Key of Rx |
The New York Times |
March 29, 2009 |
| Rare Voices from Literature's Past |
Smithsonian.com |
March 20, 2009 |
| Before the Gala, So Much Groundwork |
The New York Times |
March 8, 2009 |
| Coda: Null Set |
Opera News |
March 2009 |
| Video Review: 'Birtwistle: The Minotaur' |
Opera News |
March 2009 |
| Jan Lievens: Out of Rembrandt's Shadow |
Smithsonian Magazine |
March 2009 |
| A Director Tackles an Opera He Loves to Hate |
The New York Times |
February 15, 2009 |
| Serving Two Cities, Staying True to Each |
The New York Times |
February 8, 2009 |
| Video Review: 'R. Strauss: Salome' |
Opera News |
February 2009 |
| ‘A Little Night Music,’ a Little Less Staging |
The New York Times |
January 7, 2009 |
| The Divine Art of Tapestries |
Smithsonian.com |
December 23, 2008 |
| Orchestrating an Ogre’s Monster Makeover |
The New York Times |
December 12, 2008 |
| Reimagining Mahler as He Imagined It |
The New York Times |
December 5, 2008 |
| From Castro to Warhol to Mother Teresa, He Photographed Them All |
Smithsonian Magazine |
December 2008 |
| Video Review: 'Tristan und Isolde' |
Opera News |
November 2008 |
| New Hands Detonate ‘Doctor Atomic’ |
The New York Times |
October 10, 2008 |
| Naming the Nameless (in Sanskrit) |
The New York Times |
September 26, 2008 |
| Realizing a Musical Dickensian Dream |
The New York Times |
September 16, 2008 |
| The Weill (Almost) Nobody Knows |
The New York Times |
September 7, 2008 |
| Samuel Beckett, From Everywhere but the Stage |
The New York Times |
July 20, 2008 |
| A Lost Legacy Belatedly Restored |
The Wall Street Journal |
July 2, 2008 |
| True Colors |
Smithsonian Magazine |
July 2008 |
| El Greco, Velázquez and… |
The Wall Street Journal |
June 28, 2008 |
| Niagara's New Rivals - For a Time, Anyway |
The Wall Street Journal |
June 25, 2008 |
| The Manager as Double Agent |
The Wall Street Journal |
June 3, 2008 |
| A Baton for the Youth of the Americas |
The New York Times |
June 1, 2008 |
| Festival Magic |
Opera News |
May 2008 |
| Frisky Young Tenors on Operatic War Horses |
The New York Times |
April 20, 2008 |
| Just Don't Call Them 'Fireworks' |
Wall Street Journal Europe |
February 22, 2008 |
| On West 53rd Street, MoMA Has No Monopoly on Art |
The Wall Street Journal |
February 14, 2008 |
| Though He'd Played a Strad, A Guarneri Stole His Affections |
The Wall Street Journal |
January 29, 2008 |
| In Review: Appomattox, San Francisco Opera |
Opera News |
January 2008 |
| Video Review: 'The Copenhagen Ring' |
Opera News |
January 2008 |
| The 'Ring' Master |
Opera News |
January 2008 |
| How Painters Undermined Weavers' Uncommon Artistry |
The Wall Street Journal |
December 13, 2007 |
| Setting the Record Straight About Classical Statues' Hues |
The Wall Street Journal |
December 4, 2007 |
| Reinventing the Science Museum |
The Wall Street Journal |
November 28, 2007 |
| Appraising and Preserving a Master |
The Wall Street Journal |
October 25, 2007 |
| Sing It Loud: They're Black and Proud |
The Wall Street Journal |
October 18, 2007 |
| Wild Woman |
Smithsonian Magazine |
October 2007 |
| Portugal's World Travelers |
The Wall Street Journal |
August 21, 2007 |
| In Review: Il Ritorno di Don Calandrino & Oratorio a Quattro Voci |
Opera News |
August 2007 |
| Portrait of the Wizard as a Young Artist |
The Wall Street Journal |
July 17, 2007 |
| Leaping Beyond His Comfort Zone |
The New York Times |
June 10, 2007 |
| An Artist in Many Media Tackles 'The Magic Flute' |
The Wall Street Journal |
April 5, 2007 |
| Admire the Footwork, but Mind the Hands |
The New York Times |
March 11, 2007 |
| Coda: An Aria Returns |
Opera News |
March 2007 |
| Jack O'Brien Charts a Wide Course |
The Wall Street Journal |
February 14, 2007 |
| Scenes From London |
The New York Sun |
January 23, 2007 |
| A Play for the Ages |
The New York Sun |
October 10, 2006 |
| The Original ‘Mother' |
The New York Sun |
August 22, 2006 |
| David Hockney and Friends |
Smithsonian Magazine |
August 2006 |
| At This Art Exhibition, Dogs Are Hot |
The Wall Street Journal |
July 11, 2006 |
| Coda: Forever Young |
Opera News |
June 2006 |
| Evildoer |
Smithsonian Magazine |
April 2006 |
| Sound Bites: Christopher Maltman |
Opera News |
March 2006 |
| Crystal Vision |
Parnassus: Poetry in Review |
2006 |
| A Night at the Opera |
Smithsonian Magazine |
November 2005 |
| The Opera That Chooses the Nuclear Option |
The New York Times |
September 25, 2005 |
| Before the Critics, the Physicists Would Like a Word |
The New York Times |
September 25, 2005 |
| The Juilliard Agenda |
Opera News |
September 2005 |
| 'Two Gentlemen' Takes an Encore in the Park |
The New York Sun |
August 16, 2005 |
| The Plot Is True but Not the Love |
The New York Times |
March 18, 2005 |
| The Violeta Hour |
Opera News |
March 2005 |
| The Crossover Question |
Opera News |
October 2004 |
| Fast Break |
Opera News |
February 2004 |
| A New Lion Roars |
Opera News |
March 2003 |
| The Diva Next Door |
Vogue |
February 2003 |
| Are Unschooled Audiences Changing the Face of Opera |
Opera News |
December 2002 |
| Key Player |
Opera News |
July 2002 |
| Theater's Quicksilver Truth: All Is Change |
The New York Times |
December 2, 2001 |
| Bass Hit |
Opera News |
November 2001 |
| A Much-Scuffed Monument to Genius |
The New York Times |
May 20, 2001 |
| Quantum Leap |
Opera News |
September 2000 |
| Forget the Callas Legend |
The Atlantic Monthly |
April 1999 |
| Declassified Samizdat |
The New York Times |
February 28, 1999 |
| Dazzling White Nights |
The Atlantic Monthly |
April 1998 |
| Giant: Ben Heppner |
Opera News |
April 1998 |
| Her Brother's Keeper |
Opera News |
March 1998 |
| Maria, Not Callas |
The Atlantic Monthly |
October 1997 |
| Classic Tricks |
The Atlantic Online |
June 25, 1997 |
| Of Bird Songs and Buddhas |
The Atlantic Online |
April 30, 1997 |
| Wide Horizons |
Opera News |
April 1997 |
| An Audubon in Sound |
The Atlantic Monthly |
March 1997 |
| Explorer: Waltraud Meier |
Opera News |
March 1997 |
| Pentimento: The metamorphosis of Beethoven's only opera |
Opera News |
July 1996 |
| Thriller: Powerhouse mezzo Dolora Zajick always delivers |
Opera News |
March 1996 |
| How Old Is Despina? |
Opera News |
February 17, 1996 |
| Don Quixote in Salzburg |
Opera News |
June 1995 |
| Kitezh Made Visible |
Opera News |
February 4, 1995 |
| Wagner Contender |
Opera News |
August 1994 |
| The God's Day Off |
Opera News |
April 1993 |
| Bringing Wotan Home |
Opera News |
April 1993 |
| Wagnervision |
Opera News |
March 1993 |
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Book Reviews |
| Book Title |
Publication |
Date |
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Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance
by Jeremy Eichler |
The New Criterion (April 2024) |
September 4, 2024 |
I Didn't See It Coming: Scenes of Love, Loss, and Lewy Body Dementia
by Mary Lou Falcone |
|
October 7, 2023 |
The Mind's Ear: Exercises for Improving the Musical Imagination for Performers, Composers, and Listeners, 3rd edition
by Bruce Adolphe |
|
November 8, 2021 |
The Tomb Guardians
by Paul Griffiths |
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November 8, 2021 |
In Red Weather: Turmoil In Indonesia: A CIA Insider's Account from the 1960s
by Daniel F. Cameron |
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November 8, 2021 |
The Woman In the Moonlight
by Patricia Morrisroe |
|
August 3, 2020 |
Creating "Der Rosenkavalier": From Chevalier to Cavalier
by Michael Reynolds |
|
June 20, 2020 |
The Trumpiad
by Evan Eisenberg/Drawings by Steve Brodner |
|
November 16, 2018 |
Celestial bodies: How to look at ballet
by Laura Jacobs |
Amazon Reader Reviews |
August 28, 2018 |
Opera as Opera: The State of the Art
by Conrad L. Osborne |
Oper! Das Magazin (Berlin) |
August 25, 2018 |
Maestros and Their Music: The Art and Alchemy of Conducting
by John Mauceri |
|
June 28, 2018 |
| Buster Keaton In His Own Time: What the Responses of 1920s Critics Reveal |
|
May 3, 2018 |
Considering Matthew Shepard
by Craig Hella Johnson/Conspirare |
|
September 1, 2016 |
Senior Moments: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
by Willard Spiegelman |
|
August 29, 2016 |
The Glamour of Strangeness: Artists and the Last Age of the Exotic
by Jamie James |
|
August 10, 2016 |
Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs
by Graham Johnson |
Wall Street journal |
December 12, 2014 |
| The Berlin Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival, 1962 |
Opera News |
July 4, 2014 |
Boris Godunov
by Mussorgsky |
Opera News |
July 2014 |
Written on Skin
by George Benjamin |
Opera News |
May 5, 2014 |
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
by Mozart |
Opera News |
March 2014 |
| Wolfgang Rihm: Dionysos |
Opera News |
February 2014 |
Pelléas et Mélisande: Paris Opera
by Debussy |
Opera News |
December 2013 |
Der Freischütz
by Nationaltheater Mannheim |
Opera News |
October 29, 2013 |
| Lux Aeterna: Abbado in Rehearsal |
Opera News |
October 2013 |
I Due Figaro
by Saverio Mercadante |
Opera News |
October 2013 |
Das Labyrinth: Der Kampf mit den Elementen
by Peter von Winter |
Opera News |
September 2013 |
The Stench of Honolulu: A Tropical Adventure
by Jack Handey |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
August 18, 2013 |
Hawaiki Rising: Hōkūle'a, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance
by Sam Low |
|
July 10, 2013 |
| Tosca (Giacomo Puccini): Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
Opera News |
January 5, 2013 |
Therese Malten: Wagner's Devoted Kundry
by Michael Letchford |
|
January 18, 2012 |
Rimbaud in Java: The Lost Voyage
by Jamie James |
|
November 27, 2011 |
Kazan on Directing
by Elia Kazan |
The New Leader |
March/April 2009 |
Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera
by Philip Gossett |
The New York Sun |
September 6, 2006 |
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Movie Reviews |
| Movie Title |
Publication |
Date |
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| Rienzi |
Opera News |
April 2014 |
| J. S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion |
Opera News |
August 2013 |
| On DVD - Daniel Catán's Il Postino |
Opera News |
April 2013 |
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