- October 11, 1999
- Hit Parade
The Philharmonic's first night was (unsurprisingly) satisfying; its ten-disc series featuring American composers is an indispensable epic.
- October 4, 1999
- Sounds Okay to Me
"Il Viaggio a Reims" was composed as a showcase for the top ten singers of 1825; at City Opera, it showcases a complex new amplification system.
- August 2, 1999
- Lincoln Center Festival
- August 2, 1999
- Beak Experience
The Caramoor Festival unearths Rossini's rarely produced "La Gazza Ladra," the semi-comic tale of an innocent girl saved by an amoral magpie.
- July 26, 1999
- Flower Power
Four centuries old and nineteen hours long, the exquisite 'Peony Pavilion' still mesmerizes as a tale of love begun in fantasy but realized in life.
- June 14, 1999
- Murder, She Sang
A Hitchcockian radio classic makes for a delicious, if soapy, opera.
- June 14, 1999
- "Missa Solemnis"
- June 14, 1999
- "The Ballad of Baby Doe"
A reissue of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" reveals Beverly Sill's early greatness.
- May 31, 1999
- The American Symphony Orchestra
- May 31, 1999
- I Pagliacci
For La Gran Scena -- the world's smartest, not to mention longest-running, opera troupe in drag -- the commedia is never finita.