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ART
REVOLUTION IN RELIEF: WOODCUT, WOOD ENGRAVING AND RELIEF ETCHING IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, 1890-1930, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Seventy prints by such modern masters as Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse and Kathe Kollwitz demonstrate how these innovators transformed this ancient printing technique. Through Nov. 24.
INDIAN PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington. The ceremonial and pleasurable side of Mogul, Rajput and Muslim court and town life from the 16th through 19th centuries is explored in the show's 42 works. Through Jan. 12.
ETCETERA
AMERICAN PATCHWORK (PBS Home Video). Written, and produced by host Alan Lomax, America's premier folklorist, this five-volume video series takes the viewer through two enthralling centuries of American culture and music, from Appalachian bluegrass and Mississippi Delta blues to Cajun two-steps and the street parades of New Orleans. Music documentaries don't get any better than this.
THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY, New York City. One of the jeweled granddaddies of museums reopens after a major expansion and renovation by the architects Voorsanger & Associates. The Morgan celebrates with the unveiling of a new glass-enclosed garden court, the creation of an education center, the restoration of an adjacent brownstone and the premiere of a major show featuring the masterpieces of its world-famous collection.
BERNSTEIN'S FINAL TRIUMPH
Let us rejoice! Leonard Bernstein has given us a posthumous operetta, Candide, in which nearly all his glorious talent has finally been harnessed. But since its 1956 premiere, Bernstein's rendition of Voltaire's corrosive satire has undergone a picaresque voyage closely rivaling in misunderstanding and abuse the trials suffered by its hero. Songs were dropped and added; the book was refashioned; lyrics were altered; parts were reassigned. This 1989 studio performance, just released by Deutsche Grammophon, represents Bernstein's triumphant final version. Bernstein conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, which are stirringly responsive to the score's tenderness, strength and sometimes explosive brilliance. Tenor Jerry Hadley's winning Candide blends conviction and vulnerability. As Cunegonde, June Anderson has a creamy coloratura soprano so captivating that many may wear out their replay buttons listening to Glitter and Be Gay.