New York Classical Review2d
Levit’s explorative Brahms provides the highlight at Carnegie
That brings one to pianist Igor Levit’s performance at Carnegie Hall on Sunday afternoon. Levit is one of the great ...
New York Classical Review2d
Sequentia spins a medieval German saga for Music Before 1800
Early music concerts are a form of time travel. With “Gregorius—The Holy Sinner,” Music Before 1800 transported the audience ...
New York Classical Review3d
A starry cast breathes fresh, convivial life into Met’s “Bohème”
Like the things Mimì cherishes—sweet, charming, and full of dreams and wonder—Saturday evening’s performance captured all ...
New York Classical Review5d
Terfel returns to Met, ignites with Radvanovsky in “Tosca”
Passions raged and voices seared in Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera Thursday night. This is the third and final Met run of Puccini’s “shabby little shocker” this season, which opened with Aleksandra ...
New York Classical Review6d
A romantic program finds its footing with Bell, Philharmonic
Those listeners heard him play Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, but missed Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 on the second half. Opening ...
New York Classical Review8d
Tenor Pati makes an ardent Met debut in “Rigoletto”
Verdi’s Rigoletto returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday with a fresh cast under the baton of Daniele Callegari. The ...
New York Classical Review12d
Edusei roams widely and brilliantly in Philharmonic debut
In an impressive Philharmonic debut, the German conductor Kevin John Edusei presented a brilliant calling card in Samy Moussa ...
New York Classical Review14d
Kutasi’s Amneris provides the highlights in Met’s uneven, archaeological “Aida”
For 36 years, Sonja Frisell’s mounting of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, with its monumental Pharaonic sets by Gianni ...