New York Classical Review
The program of the New York Philharmonic’s concert Thursday night was largely about journeys, but it started with an arrival. In an impressive Philharmonic debut, the German conductor …
Battle returns to the Met with touching glimpses of past vocal glory
May 13, 2024 · Battle entered the stage to a standing ovation as Kibbey and Pinheiro played a rather spicy introduction to Purcell’s “Music for a while.” In it, as in “O, sleep why dost though …
Kurzak brings fresh vocal richness to Met’s “Tosca”
Sep 26, 2024 · Tosca returned to the Met on Wednesday evening capping off a trio of performances which included the company premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded and …
A new cast still finding its footing in Met’s “Tosca”
Nov 13, 2024 · Tosca is a mainstay of the Metropolitan Opera’s fall season with three cast changes and just as many conductors in David McVicar’s mostly conventional, if off-kilter …
Music, poetry and Spanish history in graceful motion in Met’s …
Oct 16, 2024 · Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday evening in a mesmerizing production by Brazilian director and …
Met’s “Tales of Hoffmann” offers dark Romanticism and a feast of …
Sep 29, 2024 · The undertone of Gothic horror in Act I bloomed forth in Act II, as the failing heroine Antonia, overprotected by her father Crespel and manipulated by the cunning fraud …
Tesori’s “Grounded” scores a dark triumph in Met season opener
Sep 24, 2024 · “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 …
Superb singing in “Rigoletto” highlights return of Met’s Weimar …
Oct 1, 2024 · Rigoletto returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday evening in Bartlett Sher’s production, which was first seen on New Year’s Eve 2021. The main draw then, as now, was …
A first-rate cast brings the romance and heartache to Met’s …
Nov 14, 2024 · With over 500 performances, even a crowd-pleasing production like Franco Zeffirelli’s La Bohème can be hard to keep fresh, or even interesting.What’s more, this work …
Kutasi’s Amneris provides the highlights in Met’s uneven ...
5 days ago · As the fedora-hatted archaeologist was lowered into the Egyptian temple to begin the Metropolitan Opera’s performance of Verdi’s Aida Tuesday night, he took a tumble while …