The program was set around themes of loss, of unfulfilled wishes, the endurance of loss, triumphant or depressed.
The best part of Paul Appleby’s recital for the Philadelphia Chamber Society came in his last two groups.
The no-star, slapstick revival of John Dexter’s 37-year-old production of Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail that opened Friday night proved James Levine’s tenure as Music Director of the Met will end in two weeks with neither a whimper nor a bang.
Tenor Paul Appleby’s onstage persona is as American as apple crisp, and he possesses the untroubled confidence of a politician.
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