- April 5, 1999
- Toy Stories
City Opera's pairing of Ravel's whimsical operas "L'Heure Espagnole" and "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" is Sendak-inspired silliness.
- April 5, 1999
- "Naive and Sentimental Music"
- April 5, 1999
- "The Queen of Spades"
- March 29, 1999
- Never On Domingo
Placido Domingo owns the production and may eventually sing the title role in 'Sly.' But he unwisely gave over the opera's American premiere to pal Jose Carreras.
- March 22, 1999
- "Khovanshchina"
- March 22, 1999
- Mass. Murder
City Opera's enthralling production of "Lizzie Borden" suggests that Jack Beeson's 1965 meditation on murder in Massachusetts is ready for the repertory.
- March 8, 1999
- "Ned Rorem Hosts"
- March 8, 1999
- Ghost Story
Avant-garde director Robert Lepage builds an enigmatic scene around Mahler's heartbreaking "Kindertotenlieder," and the results are truly mortifying.
- March 1, 1999
- Let Thy People Go
Mounting "Moses und Aron" at the Met was a long-cherished dream of James Levine's. So why did he hire Philistines when he finally got the chance?
- February 22, 1999
- New York Collegium