Leonard Bernstein
What’s next for opera houses? ‘Cats’?
Musicals are making an appearance on opera stages: be careful what you pick.
The last of the rhyming poets
Richard Wilbur’s meticulously crafted couplets are an anomaly in modern poetry
Why Sony gambled on Lang Lang
In an era when classical recordings don’t sell, Sony just got into a bidding war over a pianist
MUSIC: Grote glimmende tunes
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is 120 years old and they’re giving away free mp3s of 10 symphony performances over the years. I listened to Lenny conducting Mahler’s First last night. They’re a peppy bunch, these Amsterdamers.