New York Classical Review

Bellini’s music, fine cast carry the day over directorial excess in Met’s “Puritani”

This is a Bellini season at the Metropolitan Opera, which is both a welcome and complex proposition. The composer and his bel ...
New York Classical Review

Accordionist Ratoi dazzles with piquant originals and arranged classics

Radu Ratoi performed Thursday night at Merkin Hall, presented by Young Concert Artists. Photo: YCA The accordion is the only instrument that you play by embracing it. That helps to account for its ...
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Met’s holiday “Magic Flute” refreshes the seasonal spirit

Joshua Hopkins as Papageno and Erin Morley as Pamina in the Metropolitan Opera’s Magic Flute. Photo: Ken Howard/Met Opera. This is the time of the year for familiar comforts, and at the Metropolitan ...
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A fresh First Symphony highlights COE’s Brahms program with Nézet-Séguin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in an all-Brahms program Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Jennifer Taylor Tuesday night’s concert in Isaac Stern Auditorium in ...
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Parlando explores jazz influences in classical music with mixed success

Maxim Lando performed Nikolai Kapustin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Ian Niederhoffer and Parlando Sunday at Merkin Hall. Photo: Crios Photography Ian Niederhoffer and his Parlando chamber orchestra are ...
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Groissböck brings intimacy and intensity to lieder recital at Zankel Hall

Günther Groissböck is known to New York audiences from his appearances at the Metropolitan Opera. Since his debut as Colline in La Bohème in 2010, the Austrian bass has appeared in Verdi, Wagner, and ...
New York Classical Review

Kremer and Company evoke this world and the next in Pärt tribute

Violinist Gidon Kremer, cellist Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė and pianist Georgijs Osokins performed music of Arvo Pärt, Giya Kancheli and Rachmaninoff Thursday night at Zankel Hall. Photo: Lawrence Sumulong ...
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A starry cast delivers an imposing, powerful “Don Carlos” in belated Met premiere

Matthew Polenzani in the title role and Etienne Dupuis as Rodrigue in Verdi’s Don Carlos at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard/Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera returned from its February hiatus ...
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Met’s “Tales of Hoffmann” offers dark Romanticism and a feast of female voices

Benjamin Bernheim with admirers in the title role of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera E.T.A. Hoffmann, spinner of bizarre tales in the early ...
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Met’s “Kavalier & Clay” mixes stunning production with largely lightweight music

Andrzej Filończyk (left) and Myles Mykkanen in Mason Bates’ The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera The best works of art, in any medium, ...
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Vocal performances keep Met’s “Lohengrin” aloft in downbeat new staging

Tamara Wilson as Elsa and Piotr Beczała in the title role of Wagner’s Lohengrin. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera ended its mid-winter hiatus with the much-anticipated premiere of ...
New York Classical Review

Met Opera’s “Dialogues des Carmélites” is a devastating, emotional tour de force

Ailyn Pérez as Blanche de la Force in Metropolitan Opera presentation of Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites.” Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera Debuts abounded in the season premiere of Poulenc’s ...