New York Classical Review

With Leonard’s star power, Met staging delivers a “Carmen” for our times

With mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard in the title role of this revival, which opened Tuesday night, that impression was ...
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Piece by “Squid Game” composer lifts routine outing from Seoul Philharmonic

The single exception was the opening Inferno from Jae-Il. At his core a jazz musician, Il is known for his scores to the ...
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Pianist Mamora displays his strength, story-telling gifts in Carnegie recital

For an encore, Mamora returned to Liszt, whose two monumental works were the pillars of the recital. He played “Italie” from ...
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Kaljuste, Estonians mark Arvo Pärt at 90 with a luminous choral tribute

But that is where to hear his music this fall in New York City, where his 90th birthday (September 11) is being celebrated in ...
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The Sebastians celebrate the spooky season with a walk on Baroque’s dark side

The five brief movements of Handel’s Trio Sonata in A major, Op. 5, no. 1, showcased The Sebastians’ suave mastery of ...
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Morley, Brownlee spark the fireworks in Met’s “La fille” as Graham anchors the evening

Erin Morley is Marie in Donizetti’s La fille du regiment at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera The Laurent Pelly production of Donizetti’s La fille du regiment returned to the ...
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Met’s beloved “Bohème” opens with youthful appeal, vocal richness

Freddie De Tommaso and Juliana Grigoryan star in Puccini’s La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera La Bohème returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday evening.
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Wang triumphs in all-Rachmaninoff, all-at-once Carnegie marathon

Yuja Wang performed all five Rachmaninoff piano concertante works with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra Saturday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Chris Lee Long before this year’s ...
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Sierra and Villazón shine brightly in Met’s new “Sonnambula”

Nadine Sierra stars as Amina in Bellini’s La Sonnambula at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera For such a famous opera, a vehicle for some of the great modern divas, La Sonnambula ...
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Magnificent cast makes Met’s “Tannhäuser” a Wagner night to remember

The Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Tannhäuser is a significant success, but a perverse one. A great opera put on stage with a combination of indifference and superficiality would normally be a ...