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WEBThe undertone of Gothic horror in Act I bloomed forth in Act II, as the failing heroine Antonia, overprotected by her father Crespel and manipulated by the cunning fraud Doctor Miracle, was forbidden to sing for reasons of health.
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WEBCarnegie Hall to examine music of Weimar era in ambitious 2024 festival – Feb 28, 2023. Carnegie Hall’s 2023-2024 season will be built around some familiar artists […]
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WEBAbout. New York Classical Review was launched September 1, 2013 by Lawrence A. Johnson. Editor. 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. He was a freelance critic for the Chicago Tribune throughout the 1990s, covering classical ...
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WEBSep 22, 2024 — NOVUS Trinity Choir Paola Prestini: Silent Light (world premiere) Anthony Dean Griffey, Daniel Okulitch, Julia Mintzer, Brittany Renee Christopher Rountree, conductor 7 p.m. National Sawdust. New York Philharmonic Anthony Parnther, conductor John Williams: Jaws in Concert (score with film) 7:30 p.m. David Geffen Hall nyphil.org.
Battle returns to the Met with touching glimpses of past vocal glory
WEBMay 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 …
Met’s 2024-25 season will bring new “Aida” and “Salome,” four ...
WEBMet’s 2024-25 season will bring new “Aida” and “Salome,” four contemporary operas. Thu Feb 22, 2024 at 1:00 pm. By George Grella. Gerald Finley and Julia Bullock star in John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra in the Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 season. Photo: David Ruano / Liceu Opera Barcelona. The Metropolitan Opera will continue its ...
Musical worlds coalesce and diverge in Wang’s Carnegie recital
WEBSat May 11, 2024 at 3:10 pm. By David Wright. Yuja Wang performed works by Messiaen, Scriabin and Chopin Friday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Chris Lee. If Yuja Wang’s intention for the first half of her Carnegie Hall recital Friday night was to show the kinship among the styles of Messiaen, Scriabin and Debussy, she succeeded almost too well.
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WEBNov 1, 2021 — Met’s triumphant “Porgy and Bess” returns, deeper and even more compelling. Mon Nov 01, 2021 at 12:29 pm. By George Grella. Eric Owens and Angel Blue star in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera. If it’s possible for even the slightest bit of good to have come out of the pandemic ...
Tenor, conductor strike dramatic sparks in Met’s “Turandot”
WEBFeb 29, 2024 — Two major artists made their company debuts with this performance: Russian soprano Elena Pankratova in the title role and Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv. Pankratova has sung Turandot in most of the major European houses, but her much-anticipated Met debut got off to a rocky start. As with “Nessun dorma” for the tenor, “In questa reggia ...
A starry cast delivers an imposing, powerful “Don Carlos” in …
WEBMar 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.