Archive for 2016

The best of times and the worst with Philharmonic’s tale of two soloists – Oct 07, 2016

An odd meeting of musicians and composers took the stage in […]

Ann Schein opens Key Pianists series with sensitive Chopin and Schumann – Oct 06, 2016

It was a slightly odd feeling to be at Carnegie Hall […]

Abdrazakov’s delightful Bey lifts Met’s rough-edged Rossini – Oct 05, 2016

More Met comedy, please. The premise of opera is absurd enough—people […]

Gilbert, Kožená and Philharmonic bring a fresh, modern touch to Berlioz and Rimsky – Sep 30, 2016

There was a revivifying freshness about the New York Philharmonic’s Thursday […]

Met’s “Bohème” offers vocal highlights with room for dramatic growth – Sep 29, 2016

It’s baaaack. Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème, which has been […]

“Don Giovanni” revival offers middling Mozart at the Met – Sep 28, 2016

Talk about an anti-climax. The night after the Metropolitan Opera opened […]

Met opens season with a dark yet musically triumphant “Tristan” – Sep 27, 2016

A Tristan und Isolde that takes cues from Das Boot might […]

“New World” opens Philharmonic season with a New York state of mind – Sep 23, 2016

There are pieces that certain orchestras just seem to own outright.  […]

Miller celebrates Steve Reich at 80 with “Variations” – Sep 16, 2016

Variation form is easily the most common tool in a composer’s […]

In “Aleko” and “Pagliacci,” New York City Opera finds its stride – Sep 09, 2016

Watching this cannily judged double bill from New York City Opera—the […]

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