Night After Night

Writing, a blog, and a newsletter. By Steve Smith.

Joyce El-Khoury

  • Full immersion.

    Frédéric Chaslin accompanies Kirstin Chávez.Photograph: Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times Tobias Picker Composer Portrait at Miller TheatreThe New York Times, October 10, 2011 The title of this post refers to the notion of a concert that touches on multiple facets of a single composer's work over the course of an evening: the useful…

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  • Wedding party.

    The Bartered Bride at the Peter Jay Sharp TheaterThe New York Times, February 17, 2011 The first full-scale collaboration between the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School, this was both an accomplished production and a plain-old delight. The performance drew a house packed with luminaries, including Mark Morris, Brian Dickie and, naturally, Peter Gelb. There…

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