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| From the archive: Meistersinger |
Connoisseur (February 1990) |
July 19, 2025 |
| But mad north-by-northwest |
Classical Voice North America |
May 26, 2025 |
| In Amsterdam, Katie Mitchell's sci-fi makeover for Strauss's Frau ohne Schatten |
Classical Voice North America |
May 20, 2025 |
| Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall |
Classical Voice North America |
March 8, 2025 |
| Keersmaeker's Bach, Tharp's Brel and Balanchine |
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April 6, 2024 |
| Brahms, Balanchine, and love in three-quarter time etc., plus a nod to Justin Peck |
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April 2, 2024 |
| Busy, busy |
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March 30, 2024 |
| Balanchine's Four Temperaments, Symphony in Three Movements |
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March 29, 2024 |
| Two extra-special stops on Víkingur Ólafsson's Goldberg Variations tour |
Musical America |
February 29, 2024 |
| Mostly Mozart from Juilliard415 in tandem with Kristian Bezuidenhout |
Classical Voice North America |
February 29, 2024 |
| From Rapa Nui with love |
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November 25, 2023 |
| In memoriam Helen Kamioner (December 5, 1950-May 6, 2023) |
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May 10, 2023 |
| Where are they now? The further adventures of Gran Wilson, a great Tamino... |
Classical Voice North America |
February 7, 2023 |
| Drypoint to Technicolor |
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December 9, 2022 |
| In Generational Relay, Bright Young Maestro Takes Baton And Flies |
Classical Voice North America |
December 5, 2022 |
| Same zeitgeist, other revelations |
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November 21, 2022 |
| Ingo Metzmacher leads Franz Schmidt's "Buch Mit Sieben Siegeln" |
Classical Voice North America |
November 19, 2022 |
| Salome twice over, Mahler and Verdi in Vienna |
Classical Voice North America |
November 10, 2022 |
| A Manhattan memorial for Juraj Filas |
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November 10, 2022 |
| Celebrating Beethoven, late but gloriously, In the Norwegian countryside |
Classical Voice North America |
August 10, 2022 |
| R.I.P. Juraj Filas (March 5, 1955-December 31, 2021) |
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December 31, 2021 |
| The Amahl file |
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December 23, 2021 |
| A banner year of armchair opera, three banner weeks with Michael Spyres |
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December 20, 2021 |
| At the Met, "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"; in Brussels, "The Time Of Our Singing" |
Air Mail |
November 2, 2021 |
| A shot in the arm--make that two shots--for Lyric Opera of Chicago |
Air Mail |
September 11, 2021 |
| A woman apart |
Air Mail |
July 31, 2021 |
| The fine print: everything else we heard on our last two episodes of "Catch of the Day" |
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June 16, 2021 |
| Three times 88 keys |
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June 14, 2021 |
| Ready for take-off: Randall Goosby |
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June 11, 2021 |
| The Book of Job according to Mr. Beethoven |
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May 21, 2021 |
| The Paris Opera reopens with Marc-André Dalbavie's new 'Satin Slipper' |
Air Mail |
May 15, 2021 |
| Catch of the Day salutes Christa Ludwig |
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May 14, 2021 |
| April's last Catch: a limited miniseries begins |
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May 1, 2021 |
| Music in the real world: Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, arranged by Shostakovich |
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April 15, 2021 |
| A basketful of Easter eggs |
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April 10, 2021 |
| Milestones for strings, Black music matters, Muti's Attila... |
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April 2, 2021 |
| Songs with words and songs without |
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March 13, 2021 |
| Our expanding universe |
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March 5, 2021 |
| Three more winners |
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February 8, 2021 |
| Island in the stream |
Air Mail |
February 6, 2021 |
| Twist's double feature |
Air Mail |
February 3, 2021 |
| Three times lucky (make that four) |
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February 2, 2021 |
| A New Year, a new age? |
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January 9, 2021 |
| In dulci jubilo, or, Year-end Catches of the Day (part 2) |
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December 30, 2020 |
| In dulci jubilo, or, Year-end Catches of the Day (part 1) |
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December 30, 2020 |
| Marta Eggerth and Jan Kiepura, "In Love and Song" |
Air Mail |
December 5, 2020 |
| Bounty - A very lucky Catch of the Day |
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December 1, 2020 |
| Behind the soundtrack of "The Last Dalai Lama?" |
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December 1, 2020 |
| Trick or treat? Catch of the Day meets the Great Pumpkin |
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November 10, 2020 |
| Georgia on his mind |
Air Mail |
October 17, 2020 |
| On Mozart's fingerboard, in a lonely cell, footloose in the world... |
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October 6, 2020 |
| When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame |
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October 5, 2020 |
| Paths cross again at summer's end |
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September 8, 2020 |
| Bach of Ages |
Air Mail |
August 29, 2020 |
| From the Mariinsky, with love |
Air Mail |
August 15, 2020 |
| Bruce Adolphe's Piano Puzzlers |
AIR MAIL/Arts Intel Report |
August 1, 2020 |
| Spirits of revolution |
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July 28, 2020 |
| Catch of the Day celebrates Independence |
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July 19, 2020 |
| Stars of the Met, live from around the world |
AirMail, Arts Intel Report |
July 17, 2020 |
| New bells and whistles at Catch of the Day |
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June 28, 2020 |
| Opera as it was |
Air Mail |
June 27, 2020 |
| How to stream "Catch of the Day," wherever in the world you are |
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June 26, 2020 |
| P.S. on "Creating 'Der Rosenkavalier'" |
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June 21, 2020 |
| Where's the catch? |
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June 18, 2020 |
| On Catch of the Day, a #BLM special |
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June 12, 2020 |
| Sweet Land, from LA Historic Park direct to video |
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April 3, 2020 |
| Russian pianist, Wailuku church are a match made in heaven |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
March 8, 2020 |
| ¡Habla conmigo! Creativity in conversation |
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January 28, 2020 |
| Catch as catch can (October 2019-January 2020) |
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January 14, 2020 |
| Previews of attractions, coming and gone |
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January 12, 2020 |
| No shortage of musical Advent performances this holiday season |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
November 24, 2019 |
| Contagious |
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October 3, 2019 |
| In memoriam: Jessye Norman |
Connoisseur, January 1987 |
October 1, 2019 |
| A deep dive into swirling waters of Russian Chamber Music |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
September 29, 2019 |
| Behind the scenes with Lorenzo Brewer, founder and CEO of nkoda |
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September 26, 2019 |
| Summertime at Catch of the Day, Part 3 |
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August 12, 2019 |
| Summertime at Catch of the Day, Part 2 (July 28) |
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August 11, 2019 |
| Summertime @ Catch of the Day, Part I (June 30) |
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August 10, 2019 |
| Live on tape, seven great maestros, a man who made waterfalls, and me |
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July 3, 2019 |
| Scrambling to catch up |
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June 17, 2019 |
| Over the moon with Rossini's Rosina, in the dumps with a Verdi Leonora |
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20 Jun 2019 |
| Franco Zeffirelli |
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June 15, 2019 |
| Hobnobbing with Sellars and Aimard in Herrenhausen |
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18 Jun 2019 |
| Caught in January (Omega edition) |
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January 30, 2019 |
| 'Twas the season |
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January 15, 2019 |
| Speak for yourself, Conrad! |
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October 26, 2018 |
| So, what exactly will it be when the wind blows? |
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September 5, 2018 |
| Make way for La Nilsson, make way for Steve J. |
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August 24, 2018 |
| From the center of the universe and other locations |
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July 5, 2018 |
| Catching up with Deborah Voigt |
Oper! Das Magazin (Germany), June 2018 |
June 5, 2018 |
| Bumper crop in brief |
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June 4, 2018 |
| Audrey Luna and her 40 fathers |
Opera News (May 2018) |
May 3, 2018 |
| Where Marilyn Horne is at just now |
Oper! Das Magazin (Germany), May 2018 |
May 1, 2018 |
| Who's Afraid of Tristan? Not Jonas Kaufmann. |
Oper! Das Magazin (Germany), May 2018 |
May 1, 2018 |
| The Easter Bunny says, "April Fool!" |
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April 2, 2018 |
| Opera Aloha! |
Oper! Das Magazin (Germany), April 2018 |
April 1, 2018 |
| New Names on Catch of the Day (airdate: March 25, 2018) |
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March 27, 2018 |
| Brain waves, etc. |
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March 5, 2018 |
| On Maui, budding virtuosi reach for the stars |
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February 6, 2018 |
| Keyboard moments and more |
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January 15, 2018 |
| Gottfried von Einem at 100 |
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January 5, 2018 |
| From the 12th century to the 21st |
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January 5, 2018 |
| Gottfried von Einem goes toe-to-toe with Verdi |
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December 10, 2017 |
| Musical fantasies |
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December 8, 2017 |
| Travels with Dima |
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December 4, 2017 |
| From the Archives: Yesterday Siberia, Tomorrow the World |
Connoisseur (June 1990) |
December 4, 2017 |
| Maui connections: a recap |
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December 2, 2017 |
| California Girls revisited |
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November 30, 2017 |
| La Divina is back again and much, much more |
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November 14, 2017 |
| All but the Hiddleston Hamlet |
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November 12, 2017 |
| In the wings with Philippe Jordan |
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November 10, 2017 |
| Philippe Jordan revives Pelléas and Così |
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November 8, 2017 |
| Lost and found at the Paris Opéra |
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October 31, 2017 |
| Baroque and beyond |
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August 11, 2017 |
| Be yourself: everyone else is taken |
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August 5, 2017 |
| And he called for his divas three |
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June 9, 2017 |
| Songs for all seasons |
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May 4, 2017 |
| From the archives: Jorma Hynninen, Voice of a Nation |
Connoisseur (June 1985) |
April 4, 2017 |
| Comparisons are enlightening |
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April 4, 2017 |
| Northward, Ho! |
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March 29, 2017 |
| Horror stories, old American masters, and more |
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March 10, 2017 |
| Moby Met ("Catch of the Day," episode 7) |
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January 27, 2017 |
| Hooked again! (continued) |
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January 23, 2017 |
| Hooked! |
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December 1, 2016 |
| Déjà vu all over again |
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November 21, 2016 |
| Sounds of music for chaotic times |
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November 16, 2016 |
| Pure Gold from Arvo Pärt |
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October 1, 2016 |
| A Love Supreme |
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August 28, 2016 |
| In the wings with Michael Fabiano, tenor |
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July 28, 2016 |
| David Gockley Calls It a Day |
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July 28, 2016 |
| In the wings with Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor |
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March 28, 2016 |
| In memoriam Nikolaus Harnoncourt (December 6, 1929-March 5, 2016) |
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March 7, 2016 |
| Among friends: a new album from Saimir Pirgu |
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February 5, 2016 |
| The Socratic method |
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January 9, 2016 |
| Wagner's Meistersinger in San Francisco |
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December 3, 2015 |
| In memoriam: Yveta Synek Graff |
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November 25, 2015 |
| For Arvo Pärt at 80 |
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October 23, 2015 |
| Jon Vickers, Canadian icon (October 19, 1926-July 10, 2015) |
The New York Times |
July 12, 2015 |
| Minimus 3D Arkestra's big break |
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July 4, 2015 |
| Marco Tutino's Two Women, in Puccini's footsteps |
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June 26, 2015 |
| Berlioz meets Virgil: Les Troyens in San Francisco |
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June 24, 2015 |
| Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with bells and whistles |
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June 24, 2015 |
| And did you know that he was married at St. Patrick's? |
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April 3, 2015 |
| Coda: Revisiting Ravenna |
Opera News |
April 2015 |
| How Hope Grows |
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January 8, 2015 |
| La Divina Goes Hi-Def |
Wall Street Journal |
December 17, 2014 |
| In Vienna, Heady Mix of Messiaen, Boulez, Schubert |
Classical Voice North America |
November 4, 2014 |
| What Will Happen to Brooklyn's Shrine to Enrico Caruso? |
Wall Street Journal |
February 4, 2014 |
| The Siegfried Complex: In the Wings with Lance Ryan |
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December 21, 2013 |
| Bounty on a Budget |
Wall Street Journal |
August 26, 2013 |
| Wagner's "Orphans" |
Wall Street Journal |
May 20, 2013 |
| A Big Man Still Dreams of the Big Times |
The New York Times |
May 17, 2013 |
| The Solti Legacy |
Opera News |
May 2013 |
| Gone Today, Here Tomorrow? Pirgu's Romeo |
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March 12, 2013 |
| Britten's Turn of the Screw from Glyndebourne |
Opera News |
March 1, 2013 |
| Wotan's Revenge |
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October 22, 2012 |
| From the Archives: Declassified Samizdat |
New York Times (originally published February 28, 1999) |
August 20, 2012 |
| For a Violinist, Success Means A New Low Point |
The New York Times |
May 13, 2011 |
| The French New Wave |
Opera News |
August 2010 |
| Fiddling While the Midnight Sun Burns |
The New York Times |
June 22, 2010 |
| New York's Date With the End of Time |
The New York Times |
May 18, 2010 |
| When the Kids Come Out to Play |
The New York Times |
March 12, 2010 |
| Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen |
Opera News |
March 2010 |
| As Plain as the Nose on His Stage |
The New York Times |
February 24, 2010 |
| Schubert and Beckett: Footsteps in Snow |
The New York Times |
December 4, 2009 |
| Riccardo Muti:: Musician of the Year, 2010 |
Musical America |
December 2009 |
| A Canadian Whirlwind Hits Town |
The New York Times |
August 2, 2009 |
| Composing Concertos in the Key of Rx |
The New York Times |
March 29, 2009 |
| Serving Two Cities, Staying True to Each |
The New York Times |
February 8, 2009 |
| Reimagining Mahler as He Imagined It |
The New York Times |
December 5, 2008 |
| Video Review: 'Tristan und Isolde' |
Opera News |
November 2008 |
| New Hands Detonate ‘Doctor Atomic’ |
The New York Times |
October 10, 2008 |
| Naming the Nameless (in Sanskrit) |
The New York Times |
September 26, 2008 |
| The Weill (Almost) Nobody Knows |
The New York Times |
September 7, 2008 |
| The Manager as Double Agent |
The Wall Street Journal |
June 3, 2008 |
| A Baton for the Youth of the Americas |
The New York Times |
June 1, 2008 |
| Festival Magic |
Opera News |
May 2008 |
| Though He'd Played a Strad, A Guarneri Stole His Affections |
The Wall Street Journal |
January 29, 2008 |
| The 'Ring' Master |
Opera News |
January 2008 |
| In Review: Il Ritorno di Don Calandrino & Oratorio a Quattro Voci |
Opera News |
August 2007 |
| Coda: An Aria Returns |
Opera News |
March 2007 |
| Coda: Forever Young |
Opera News |
June 2006 |
| Evildoer |
Smithsonian Magazine |
April 2006 |
| Sound Bites: Christopher Maltman |
Opera News |
March 2006 |
| A Night at the Opera |
Smithsonian Magazine |
November 2005 |
| The Opera That Chooses the Nuclear Option |
The New York Times |
September 25, 2005 |
| Before the Critics, the Physicists Would Like a Word |
The New York Times |
September 25, 2005 |
| The Juilliard Agenda |
Opera News |
September 2005 |
| The Plot Is True but Not the Love |
The New York Times |
March 18, 2005 |
| The Violeta Hour |
Opera News |
March 2005 |
| The Crossover Question |
Opera News |
October 2004 |
| The Diva Next Door |
Vogue |
February 2003 |
| Are Unschooled Audiences Changing the Face of Opera |
Opera News |
December 2002 |
| Bass Hit |
Opera News |
November 2001 |
| Forget the Callas Legend |
The Atlantic Monthly |
April 1999 |
| Dazzling White Nights |
The Atlantic Monthly |
April 1998 |
| Giant: Ben Heppner |
Opera News |
April 1998 |
| Her Brother's Keeper |
Opera News |
March 1998 |
| Maria, Not Callas |
The Atlantic Monthly |
October 1997 |
| An Audubon in Sound |
The Atlantic Monthly |
March 1997 |
| Explorer: Waltraud Meier |
Opera News |
March 1997 |
| Pentimento: The metamorphosis of Beethoven's only opera |
Opera News |
July 1996 |
| Thriller: Powerhouse mezzo Dolora Zajick always delivers |
Opera News |
March 1996 |
| How Old Is Despina? |
Opera News |
February 17, 1996 |
| Don Quixote in Salzburg |
Opera News |
June 1995 |
| Kitezh Made Visible |
Opera News |
February 4, 1995 |
| Wagner Contender |
Opera News |
August 1994 |
| The God's Day Off |
Opera News |
April 1993 |
| Bringing Wotan Home |
Opera News |
April 1993 |
| Wagnervision |
Opera News |
March 1993 |
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Blog Posts |
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| Orliński twice over |
Blog |
March 29, 2016 |
| Pedantries/Pleasantries: Zeffiretti/Zeffirelli |
Blog |
January 9, 2011 |
| Footnote: The Braunfels St. Joan onstage |
Blog |
January 9, 2011 |
| A Star Is Born: In the Wings with David Afkham, winner of the first Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award |
Blog |
August 15, 2010 |
| Nimble Fingers, Nimble Spirit: In the Wings with David Fray, Pianist |
Blog |
January 15, 2010 |
| Lincoln Center at 50 - A Personal and Institutional History |
Blog |
July 24, 2009 |
| Because I Was There - Riccardo Muti: "Mr. Drucker, Take a Bow" |
Blog |
February 3, 2009 |
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Book Reviews |
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Date |
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I Knew a Man Who Knew Brahms: A Memoir
by Nancy Shear |
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June 28, 2025 |
Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance
by Jeremy Eichler |
The New Criterion (April 2024) |
September 4, 2024 |
The Mind's Ear: Exercises for Improving the Musical Imagination for Performers, Composers, and Listeners, 3rd edition
by Bruce Adolphe |
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November 8, 2021 |
The Tomb Guardians
by Paul Griffiths |
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November 8, 2021 |
The Woman In the Moonlight
by Patricia Morrisroe |
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August 3, 2020 |
Creating "Der Rosenkavalier": From Chevalier to Cavalier
by Michael Reynolds |
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June 20, 2020 |
Maestros and Their Music: The Art and Alchemy of Conducting
by John Mauceri |
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June 28, 2018 |
Considering Matthew Shepard
by Craig Hella Johnson/Conspirare |
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September 1, 2016 |
Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs
by Graham Johnson |
Wall Street journal |
December 12, 2014 |
| The Berlin Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival, 1962 |
Opera News |
July 4, 2014 |
Der Freischütz
by Nationaltheater Mannheim |
Opera News |
October 29, 2013 |
| Tosca (Giacomo Puccini): Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
Opera News |
January 5, 2013 |
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Movie Reviews |
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Publication |
Date |
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| Rienzi |
Opera News |
April 2014 |
| J. S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion |
Opera News |
August 2013 |
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