The program was set around themes of loss, of unfulfilled wishes, the endurance of loss, triumphant or depressed.
By John Yohalem
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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.
