Product Review

The gaudiest event of the opera season in Europe, La Scala s opener on Dec. 7 was a sublime new version of Tristan und Isolde directed by Patrice Chéreau under the baton of the house s new principal guest conductor, Daniel Barenboim. ..... Mr. Barenboim, who knows this opera as well as anyone, drew rich, densely textured, multilayered sounds from his players. New York Times