Nico Muhly’s “Two Boys” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York

This afternoon I attended a performance of Nico Muhly’s opera, “Two Boys,” presented by the Metropolitan Opera in New York.  There are a few more performances left in the run.  Anybody interested in seeing and hearing a new direction in opera for the 21st century who has not already gotten a ticket should move fast!

I’ve been a fan of Muhly since a profile by Alex Ross in The New Yorker brought him to my … <Read More>


NY Philharmonic’s Brilliant Beethoven 2nd Symphony

I have quite an accumulation of concerts and theater events to blog about from the past several weeks, and I’ve been meaning to catch up with a cultural diary entry, but I couldn’t wait to write about tonight’s concert by the New York Philharmonic, so I’m jumping the line to do it while it is fresh in memory.

David Robertson, Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony, is this week’s guest conductor.  Tonight’s performance was … <Read More>