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>
My new culture season is duly launched. As of last night, I’ve taken in: “Anna Nicole,” apparently the last production of New York City Opera, presented in collaboration with the Brooklyn Academy of Music on September 21; the new film “Don Jon” by Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the AMC Theater on Broadway at 84th Street on September 29; a memorial celebration for my friend, the late Ari Joshua Sherman, at the DiMenna Center for the Arts … <Read More>