Ron Chaplin said: >According to an article in the New York Times Magazine, John Harbison's >opera The Great Gatsby was to open at the Metropolitan Opera House on >December 20th. I can't find any information about it on the web. Did >anyone attend the performance? Does anyone know how the opera was received, >critically? "The Great Gadsby" was reviewed by Phillip Kennicott in the Washington Post on Wednesday, Dec. 22. URL: See http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-12/22/117l-122299-idx.html Summary (of the review) for the busy executive: It had its moments, but overall, slow and unfocused. (I can send it to you off-list or post it if there is interest) Fred Fry [log in to unmask]