Stephen Sondheim: our greatest composer?
No one today has better mastered the art-form of marrying words and drama to music, and keeping that essentially operatic ideal alive in a broader public consciousnessYes, yes, there's a lot to look forward to in terms of new and new-ish operatic and music-theatrical marvels in the next few weeks and months up and down the country: The Rake's Progress at Scottish Opera, David McVicar's first production of Stravinsky'…