The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay We first started hearing about this opera back in the spring of this year when it was announced for the MET’s opening program for the season. While I was unfamiliar with the source material (Michael Chabon’s 2001 novel with the same name as the opera), I found it …
Personal History
Amazing Adventures? Absolutely!
Remembering how pleased we were when Andrew and I pursued our Proust marathon, we’ve now formed a habit of reading together. Actually Andrew reads and I listen, and we have a lot of fun, pausing for conversation when we want to discuss this-or-that point brought up from what we’ve just read. Recently, after some long …
Juneteenth 2025
A Remarkable Holiday for Americans Apologies for the long gap between posts. I’ll try to get back “on track” soon. And thank you for all the kind queries during the gap. You missed the posts (and I’m very grateful to hear that), as well as for what you had to say. This day is a …
Mozart and the MET Bring Us Real Joy
Le Nozze di Figaro: Much-Needed Relief Right Now Our little gang showed up at The MET on Monday night for the Season Premiere of what has to be the composer’s happiest creation, and it all came through. This splendid production, which opened the 2014-2015 season at the opera house, proved once again to be an …
Belle da Costa Greene at The Morgan
This essay, offered as a blog post for my friends and regular readers, is written as my own tribute to Belle da Costa Greene and, as such, to the Morgan Library and Museum. Such a tribute is highly appropriate at this time in New York, as we are moving into the closing months of one …
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