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There were hints of that same quality in the playing of Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5, but also some distracting interventions from the podium. The warm glow from the horn section was absolutely beautiful in the opening bars, and the luminous wind colors promised a substantial interpretation.
Met’s “Tales of Hoffmann” offers dark Romanticism and a feast of …
Sep 29, 2024 · Romantic tenors from Gedda and Domingo to Alagna have sought a vehicle in Hoffmann, but Saturday found Benjamin Bernheim in the shadow of his female co-stars, story-wise and vocally. He certainly looked every inch the sensitive, suffering poet, and his voice, well-placed and uniform throughout his range, supported a fine, well-acted performance.
Ólafsson’s spellbinding Brahms highlights Honeck’s Philharmonic …
Sat Oct 05, 2024 at 1:27 pm. By George Grella. Vikingur Ólafsson performed Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 with Manfred Honeck conducting the New York Philharmonic Friday night. Photo: Ari Magg/DG. This week’s New York Philharmonic program is built on classics—Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1—that promise a ...
Met’s 2024-25 season will bring new “Aida” and “Salome,” four ...
Met’s 2024-25 season will bring new “Aida” and “Salome,” four contemporary operas. Thu Feb 22, 2024 at 1:00 pm. By George Grella. Gerald Finley and Julia Bullock star in John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra in the Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 season. Photo: David Ruano / Liceu Opera Barcelona. The Metropolitan Opera will continue its ...
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Nov 1, 2021 · Met’s triumphant “Porgy and Bess” returns, deeper and even more compelling. Mon Nov 01, 2021 at 12:29 pm. By George Grella. Eric Owens and Angel Blue star in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera. If it’s possible for even the slightest bit of good to have come out of the pandemic ...
Tesori’s “Grounded” scores a dark triumph in Met season opener
Tue Sep 24, 2024 at 12:39 pm. By David Wright. Emily D’Angelo stars as Jess in Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera. “If Odysseus came home every day,” sings fighter pilot Jess to her husband in Jeanine Tesori’s unsettling opera Grounded, which opened the Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 ...
“Nabucco” returns to Met, vocal thrills and spectacle intact
Sep 29, 2023 · Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera. Verdi’s Nabucco returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday in the late Elijah Moshinsky’s monumental production from 2001. The opera is an account of the Babylonian captivity after the fall of Jerusalem at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco). It was Verdi’s third opera and the one that made his career.
Musical worlds coalesce and diverge in Wang’s Carnegie recital
Sat May 11, 2024 at 3:10 pm. By David Wright. Yuja Wang performed works by Messiaen, Scriabin and Chopin Friday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Chris Lee. If Yuja Wang’s intention for the first half of her Carnegie Hall recital Friday night was to show the kinship among the styles of Messiaen, Scriabin and Debussy, she succeeded almost too well.
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Oct 22, 2024 · Music inspired by visual art from Libby Larsen, Nathaniel Stookey, James Stephenson, Trevor Weston, Shinji Eshima, Jose Gonzalez Granero, Cindy Cox, Edmund Campion, Linda Marcel, David Mecionis, Catherine Neville Peter Josheff, Maija Hynninen, Evan Price, Jacques Desjardins, Jessica Mays, Michael Panther and Dan Flanagan.
Villazón’s dazzling Papageno lights up the Met’s holiday “Magic …
Dec 9, 2023 · The Met’s Magic Flute compresses Die Zauberflöte down to under two hours, with a brief curtain drop between acts one and two but no intermission. It’s sung in poet J.D. McClatchy’s sweet and cheeky translation. The Queen of the Night’s part is essentially intact, and the reductions foreground Papageno. That’s ideal for its appeal to ...