New York Classical Review
Yuja Wang performed Janáček’s Capriccio for Piano Left-Hand and Chamber Ensemble with members of the New York Philharmonic Thursday night.
Tenor Pati makes an ardent Met debut in “Rigoletto”
Jan 7, 2025 · Verdi’s Rigoletto returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday with a fresh cast under the baton of Daniele Callegari.The performance featured the house debut of tenor Pene Pati as the Duke of Mantua. The role has been his calling card in opera houses worldwide, and it is easy to see why from this performance.
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5 days ago · Metropolitan Opera Verdi: Rigoletto Luca Salsi, Erin Morley, Pene Pati, Solomon Howard Derrick Inouye, conductor 7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House metopera.org
S.E.M. Ensemble brings holiday gifts with new music by Kotik, …
Dec 19, 2024 · After intermission came Komorous’s Olympia. Kotik introduced it by making the point that Komorous was a serious composer, which was wise because the instrumentation for this duo (Kotik playing flexitone and melodica, percussionist Chris Nappi wielding bells and birdcalls) would have had an unprepared audience guffawing defensive nervousness.
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Jan 13, 2025 · Nézet-Séguin, Philadelphia Orchestra twine music of grief and loss by Heggie, Mahler – Jan 16, 2025. Grief and loss are constant elements of human existence, along with […]
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 choreographer Deborah Colker.. The opera premiered at Tanglewood in 2003, and was significantly reworked by Golijov and librettist David Henry Hwang for a revival at the Santa Fe Opera two years later.
SongStudio young artists bring light to darkness
5 days ago · SongStudio tenor Matthew McKinney and pianist Corey Silberstein performed Gerald Finzi’s “The Comet at Yell’ham” Sunday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Jennifer Taylor On Sunday evening, SongStudio presented a theatrically inspired vocal recital at …
Met’s “Magic Flute” brings a double helping of Mozartian holiday …
Dec 13, 2024 · The days are shortening, the air is chilly, and festive lights are going up. That means it’s time for the Metropolitan Opera’s holiday performance of The Magic Flute.This is Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, compressed into one continuous act of under two hours, translated into English by J.D. McClatchy, and using Julie Taymor’s previous production for the full opera.
Speedo Green makes masterful solo debut at Carnegie Hall
2 days ago · Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green and pianist Adam Nielsen performed a recital Wednesday night at Zankel Hall. Photo: Richard Termine. Ryan Speedo Green is such a consistent and enjoyable presence on the New York City classical music scene that it was amazing to realize that his Wednesday night performance in Zankel Hall was his first solo engagement at Carnegie.
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 Doctor Miracle, was forbidden to sing for reasons of health.