Preview: Tristan und Isolde Opens Tonight at the Metropolitan Opera
“I can assure you that this production will be unlike anything anyone has seen at the Met or anywhere.” – Met Opera General Director Peter Gelb, via the NY Times […]
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Returns to the Met
Most of today’s opera companies stage productions according to what’s known as the stagione system, where a single opera remains onstage for the duration of its run, as opposed to
“Antony and Cleopatra” and “Salome” at the Met
“It is hard to imagine a more risk-prone art form than opera.” – John Adams Of all of New York's musical treasures, none shines brighter than the Metropolitan Opera. This
From Wagner to Verdi: Lise Davidsen at Carnegie Hall and the Met Opera
Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times The Met's current revival of Verdi's La Forza Del Destino – which will be broadcast live in HD and on the radio this Saturday
Music Preview: Kronos Quartet at 50, Aimard Plays Ligeti at the NY Phil, Anthony Davis’ “X” at the Met Opera, and a Kevin Puts Premiere at Paul Taylor Dance Company
There seems to be an overflow of musical treats on offer in NYC this week. And none of them have anything to do with ghouls or goblins. Thursday, 11/2 Pierre-Laurent
A Hope for Music: Joyce DiDonato Master Class at Carnegie Hall
Joyce DiDonato, Dead Man Walking, Metropolitan Opera, 10/22/23 Last Saturday, I went to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time this year to see the final performance of Jake Heggie's
The MET Orchestra Returns to Carnegie Hall
by Pete Matthews (All photos by Pete Matthews) Life has never been easy being a member of the MET Orchestra, the concert stage orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera. For 33
A Quick Visit to The Ring at The Met
After Tuesday's NY Phil concert with Semyon Bychkov leading the U.S. Premiere of Thomas Larcher's colorful, surprisingly tonal Symphony No. 2 "Kenotaph", I took a chance and walked across Lincoln
New York Philharmonic Performs “Das Rheingold” at David Geffen Hall
There is little doubt that, after eight years as NY Philharmonic music director, Alan Gilbert has become a better, more assured conductor than when he started. And, through Gilbert's influence