Though not a big fan of Presley, this barrage of hit tunes makes the examination and transformation of Shakespeare’s original play into a grand, entertaining evening. I confess I was glad to see it.
Orchestra's founder Henry Lee Higginson's desire was to make great music accessible to "any one and everyone likely to care for such things," and the BSO in recent years seems to have re-doubled its efforts to make Higginson's vision a reality