Follow your bliss
In recital for the Los Angeles Opera, tenor Ben Bliss makes the case for the next stage of his career.
Richard Rodgers
18 pieces since 2015.
18
pieces
12
years
Conductors for the ages
In Munich, performances by 97-year-old Herbert Blomstedt and 32-year-old Thomas Guggeis show the city’s orchestral ensembles at their best
Devil in disguise
On this day in 1953 the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a new production of Gounod’s Faust.
Anyone can puzzle
Steve adored puzzles, solving them and creating them, so it makes you wonder that this one continued to fester—was that so few of his songs attained the rank of “standard.”
Letting their hair down
After the break the ladies stepped up their game so much that it elevated the night into legendary status: definitely one for the books!
Myth me blind
“Spring has sprung,” announces MasterVoices’ director Ted Sperling with a smile at the beginning of Part III. And indeed, even the doomsayers among us (and I count myself one) can’t help but feel signs of cautious optimism, as the world we knew slowly but noticeably begins to re-emerge.
Somebody up there likes him
The flawless, classical singing style of Perry Como. Perry Como?
Ella Sings Rodgers and Hart and Cole Porter
If you want to be sophisticated, drink a cocktail while listening to this particular record.
The Stuff and Nonsense Dreams Are Made On
The New York Gilbert And Sullivan Players is giving its umpteenth production of The Mikado through next Sunday at the Kaye Playhouse, and the show remains frisky and first rate.
Winged defeat
Frankly, I can’t imagine there’s a future for I Married an Angel.
Close ‘Call’
Director Casey Hushion attempts to spice up Call Me Madam in ways that make it feel more than ever like an out-of-touch relic.
Talking to John Raitt, part three
In the final installment of this interview, the star discusses the enduring appeal of Carousel.
Talking to John Raitt, part two
In the third part of this interview with John Raitt, the singer speaks in great detail how he was cast in his breakthrough role of Billy Bigelow in Carousel.
The Raitt stuff
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would be having lengthy telephone conversations with John Raitt.
The perfect use of an imperfect medium
Carousel is receiving a Broadway revival in a simple, cautious production that still manages to pack an emotional wallop.
White people problems
How on Earth will these fictitious luminaries of turn-of-the-century Swedish society keep their clothes clean?
Inappropriately touching
“Operatic” generally refers to sung drama, but there is another meaning of that term: grandiose, outsize, hysterical.