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Wang triumphs in all-Rachmaninoff, all-at-once Carnegie marathon
Jan 29, 2023 · Conversely, the composer seemed to cheerfully satirize his own reputation for moroseness and sensuality in the bright bauble of the Rhapsody, liberally quoting the “Dies irae” funeral chant and out-lushing himself in the soaring Variation 18.Not surprisingly, the Wang of the jaw-dropping encores was right at home with the piece’s Paganini-style …
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Nov 1, 2021 · If it’s possible for even the slightest bit of good to have come out of the pandemic shutdown of 2020, then the Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Porgy and Bess, which opened at Sunday’s matinée, is a positive result of the pandemic.. This production, directed by James Robinson, debuted in the fall of 2019.
Met’s 2024-25 season will bring new “Aida” and “Salome,” four ...
Feb 22, 2024 · The Metropolitan Opera will continue its expansion into contemporary opera in its 2024-2025 season, with four house premieres from composers of our time, and will refresh one of its most popular repertoire operas with a new production.
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 Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann to launch the 2024-25 season. The Puccini favorite will return with three different casts, one as star-laden as the next. David McVicar’s 2017 staging is traditional to a tee, except for the odd angle on ...
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5 days ago · November 25 – Oct 22, 2024. NYYS Crescendo Orchestra Tanatchaya Chanphanitpornkit, conductor Quenton Xaiver Blanche: Habari Gani Stella Sung: Chorale for String Orchestra Fela Sowande: African Suite I, II, V Stephen Schwartz: For Good Soon Hee Newbold: Perseus Stephen Chin: In the Dreams of Zhou Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, movement I 7 p.m. Merkin Concert Hall
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 leave me?” from Handel’s Semele, her voice was tiny and almost childlike in sound.Battle’s wit and a somewhat fuller tone served her well in Purcell’s “Man is for the woman made.”
Musical worlds coalesce and diverge in Wang’s Carnegie recital
May 11, 2024 · 2 Responses to “Musical worlds coalesce and diverge in Wang’s Carnegie recital” Posted May 12, 2024 at 4:09 pm by Walter Tyza. Saw her at the sold out Gillmore Piano Festival in Kalamazoo Michigan two nights previous to the Carnegie gig.
A starry cast delivers an imposing, powerful “Don Carlos” in …
Mar 1, 2022 · The Metropolitan Opera returned from its February hiatus Monday night with the belated house premiere of Verdi’s Don Carlos in the original, five-act French version. The trimmed, Italian version, Don Carlo, has been presented at the Met several times—Don Carlos, never until this week. This is an enormous work, and the complexity of ideas makes it feel even more sprawling than it already is.
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About. New York Classical Review was launched September 1, 2013 by Lawrence A. Johnson. Editor. Lawrence A. Johnson Lawrence A. Johnson is the former classical music critic of the Miami Herald, and, prior to that, classical music writer at the South Florida Sun Sentinel.