Park It Here
Dining during the opera is an old tradition, going back at least as far as the 18th Century. At Venice’s La Fenice, for example, patrons with private boxes were known […]
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Fe(a)stival of Music
Get out your Metrocards: on June 21 – the summer solstice – NYC will play host to the first annual Make Music New York, offering free, live performances in public
Opera in the ‘hood
Apparently, the Met isn’t the only opera company coming to the Slope this summer: our very own Brooklyn Repertory Opera will be presenting Mozart’s Cosi next month at the Lyceum,
Summer Sounds
This week’s Time Out New York has a solid rundown of all the concert happenings coming up over the next few months. It is literally a Feast of Music here
Float Like a Butterfly…
I was persuaded to take time out from a busy week at work to attend City Opera’s Wednesday night performance of Madam Butterfly by two primary factors. One, was that
Kentridge’s Magic
Well, there’s good news and bad news concerning Belgium’s Royal Opera House production of The Magic Flute appearing at BAM through this weekend. The good news is that the opera,
New York Music on Myspace
The classical music world may have been a bit late to the MySpace party, but a quick search today revealed a few surprises that might be of interest to local
A Really Cheap Seat
Yet another innovation from Mr. Gelb at the Met: flat screen TV’s in the lobby. This isn’t really anything new – I watched a good bit of a Robert Wilson
Get Your Wagner On
Anyone with six hours to spare today would do well to tune into 96.3 FM for the Met’s broadcast of Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, starring Johan Botha as