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REVIEW: Die Tote Stadt at Bard, and Leon Botstein’s Korngold Project

August 30, 2019

Did Bard’s Festival raise our sense of the composer’s classical works? Yes and no.

REVIEW: Trial by Korngold: Concert at Bard SummerScape (for Parterre Box)

August 20, 2019

The biggest problem here was sensory overload.

FOLLOW-UP: More Thoughts on Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma!

August 14, 2019

Although I saw this provocative production a month ago, I continue to think about it.

REVIEW: A Grandeur Night for Singing: Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s Zauberflöte Recording (for Parterre Box)

August 7, 2019

The maestro captures superbly this work’s complex mix of diverse elements.

REVIEW: We’ve Been Through the Mill: Moulin Rouge! on Broadway (for Parterre Box)

August 1, 2019

For all of its winking loucheness, the show is utterly devoid of any real suggestion of sex.

REVIEW: Maid in America: Maid of Orleans at Russian Opera Workshop (for Parterre Box)

July 31, 2019

A thrillingly full-throttle rarity, with much to celebrate in the fine singing here.

REVIEW: Sweeping Down the Plains: Oklahoma! on Broadway (for Parterre Box)

July 26, 2019

Within minutes, something wonderful happened, and none of my reservations mattered.

OPINION: Myths About Critics (Installment #2)

July 23, 2019

Cameron and David continue the conversation about what critics do and how they are perceived.

REVIEW: PSF’s Antony and Cleopatra Is Less Fire Than Hot Air

July 15, 2019

The gorgeous title characters in this self-consciously clever production are diminished from the start.

OPINION: Busting Myths About Critics and Criticism

July 9, 2019

David and Cameron consider what it means to be a critic… and what other people think it means.

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