New York Classical Review
Articles Top Ten Performances of 2024. 1. Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht. Mahler: Symphony No. 1. Klaus Mäkelä/Royal Amsterdam […] Critic’s Choice 2024-25
A new cast still finding its footing in Met’s “Tosca”
Nov 13, 2024 · Tosca is a mainstay of the Metropolitan Opera’s fall season with three cast changes and just as many conductors in David McVicar’s mostly conventional, if off-kilter production. The second cast—Lise Davidsen as Tosca, Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and Quinn Kelsey as Scarpia—made its first appearance Tuesday evening with mixed results.
Superb singing in “Rigoletto” highlights return of Met’s Weimar …
Oct 1, 2024 · Rigoletto returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday evening in Bartlett Sher’s production, which was first seen on New Year’s Eve 2021. The main draw then, as now, was Quinn Kelsey in the title role. He certainly has his fans. When Kelsey appeared on stage during the Preludio, a crack of applause shattered the mood.
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Jan 1, 2025 · A romantic program finds its footing with Bell, Philharmonic – Jan 09, 2025. The New York Philharmonic continued its new year Wednesday night with […]
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.
Beczała finds his own tempo giusto in Carnegie Hall recital
Dec 10, 2024 · Not every song recital is a lieder recital, but the performance by tenor Piotr Beczała and pianist Helmut Deutsch in Carnegie Hall on Monday, even though it featured songs by Russian, Norwegian, and Polish as well as German composers, was essentially a lieder recital.
A rare mixed night for Trifonov at Carnegie Hall
Oct 18, 2024 · Daniil Trifonov performed Thursday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Richard Termine
Met’s “Tales of Hoffmann” offers dark Romanticism and a feast of …
Sep 29, 2024 · The 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.
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 ...
Mälkki makes both the new and familiar fresh and memorable …
Nov 1, 2024 · Though little more than a month has passed, the surprise of the New York Philharmonic season so far is how interesting it has been. Waiting two years for incoming music director Gustavo Dudamel means one guest conductor and program after the next.