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Cassatt Quartet serves eclectic new music well at Fordham – Apr 11, 2026

String quartets by 21st-century American composers might be a niche for […]

Oropesa successfully reprises her Violetta in Met’s “Traviata” – Mar 22, 2026

La Traviata is one of the Metropolitan Opera’s big four, alongside […]

New supporting cast helps Met’s “Butterfly” take wing – Mar 11, 2026

Apart from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, it is back-to-basics month at […]

Parlando illuminates the darkness with Haas’ “in vain” – Feb 23, 2026

Why is this work a masterpiece? That thought must have been […]

Young soprano sparks enjoyable ACO program – Jan 16, 2026

Epiphany is the season of the Morning Star, symbolizing hope, new […]

Superb singing makes up for the charm deficit of Met’s gritty, Southwest “Carmen” – Jan 12, 2026

Carmen returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Sunday afternoon with a high-octane cast headed […]

Groissböck brings intimacy and intensity to lieder recital at Zankel Hall – Dec 08, 2025

Günther Groissböck is known to New York audiences from his appearances […]

Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony make powerful Carnegie stand in Russian program – Dec 04, 2025

Manfred Honeck has led the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as music director […]

“Andrea Chénier” makes an impassioned, riveting return to the Met – Nov 25, 2025

Andrea Chénier returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday evening after […]

Look back in Ockeghem: Cappella Pratensis explores the prayerful origins of Halloween – Nov 03, 2025

Costumes and candy have morphed Halloween into a cultural juggernaut. In […]

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