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“The verdict was in, right after the premiere: The Death of Klinghoffer , John Adams’ opera that was performed at the MET to vociferous an...

Death of Klinghoffer , Metropolitan Opera (photo by Ken Howard) The reviews are in for the Metropolitan Opera's production of The Deat...

J. Adams, The Death of Klinghoffer (directed by Penny Woolcock) Charles T. Downey, The Klinghoffer Controversy Musicology Now , June 2...

The Peter Gelb publicity machine churns on, with a major piece on his work at the Metropolitan Opera featured on 60 Minutes . The New York ...

I was in New York this weekend to see Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Metropolitan Opera but could not stay for openin...

The Metropolitan Opera did not get around to staging my favorite opera by Benjamin Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream , until 1996. I ...

This article was first published at The Classical Review on June 19, 2012. Rossini, Le Comte Ory , J. D. Flórez, D. Damrau, J. DiDonato...

Peter Gelb, and with him the Metropolitan Opera, enjoyed “an 8-hour New Coke/Coca-Cola Classic day” last week… an inadvertent (yet perfectl...

R. Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos , D. Voigt, N. Dessay, Metropolitan Opera, J. Levine (released on September 28, 2010) Virgin 6418679 5 | 2...

Read my review today on the Washington Post Web site: Charles T. Downey, Mozart, by and for kids Washington Post , November 9, 2009 Among t...

Many readers may be tired of hearing about the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Tosca , the one that caused Luc Bondy to be sound...

Marcelo Álvarez as Cavaradossi at canvas of Mary Magdalen, Tosca , directed by Luc Bondy, Metropolitan Opera, 2009 (photo by Mary Altaffer/A...

Monteverdi, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria , Les Arts Florissants, W. Christie (released on February 24, 2004) Virgin Classics 7243 4 906...

(L to R) Harry Risoleo (Miles), Rachel Calloway (Mrs. Grose), Charlotte Dobbs (the Governess), and Kirby Anne Hall (Flora) in The Turn of t...

Mozart, Così fan tutte , J. Watson, D. Montague, T. Spence, C. Maltman, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, C. Mackerras (released on Apr...

Handel, Tamerlano , P. Domingo, M. Bacelli, S. Mingardo, J. Holloway, Teatro Real de Madrid, P. McCreesh (released on April 28, 2009) Opus A...

E. Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel , C. Schäfer, A. Coote, P. Langridge, Metropolitan Opera, V. Jurowski (released on September 16, 2008) EMI...

'Tosca' Washington Post , July 14, 2008 Puccini, Tosca American Center for Puccini Studies Kay Krekow (Tosca), Harry Dunstan (Cavara...

Sasha Cooke Showcases Vocal, Emotional Range Washington Post , May 23, 2008 Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano) and Pei-Yao Wang (piano) Songs by de...

Available at Amazon: Unsuk Chin, Alice in Wonderland , S. Matthews, G. Jones, Bayerische Staatsoper, K. Nagano (released April 29, 2008) Uni...