New York Classical Review

Delirium Musicum brings fire and skill to eclectic NY debut

Photo: Gail Wein A record-setting July Fourth heat wave mercifully broke Tuesday night, but the string playing was hot at the ...
New York Classical Review

July 3

B. Franklin (attr.): Quartet in F major for Three Violins and Cello Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, “The Joke” Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589, “Prussian” ...
New York Classical Review

Curtis Chamber Orchestra brings youthful verve and finesse to cornerstones

The Curtis Chamber Orchessra performed Sunday at 92Y. Photo: Fadi Kheir The Curtis Chamber Orchestra performed a trio of repertoire staples to perfection Sunday afternoon at the 92nd Street Y. The ...
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A trio of worthy debuts boosts Met’s “Onegin” revival

Asmik Grigorian as Tatiana and Iurii Samoilov in the title role of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin returned to the ...
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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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Double trouble: Singers reach the heights in Met’s “Tristan”; staging, conducting not so much

Lisa Davidsen and Michael Spyres in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera There’s plenty to think about and argue with in Sharon’s claims, and he put ...
New York Classical Review

With feeling and insight, a pianist gets to the heart of Copland

Emiko Edwards performed piano music of Aaron Copland Monday at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The draw of pianist Emiko Edwards’ performance Monday evening in the Bruno Walter ...
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Viet Cuong premiere, Tsujii’s Beethoven highlight Orpheus program at Carnegie

Nobuyuki Tsujii performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Saturday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Harald Hoffmann/DG The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returned to ...
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Met’s “Tales of Hoffmann” offers dark Romanticism and a feast of female voices

Benjamin Bernheim with admirers in the title role of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera E.T.A. Hoffmann, spinner of bizarre tales in the early ...
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Wang, NYO-USA All-Stars open Carnegie Hall season with thrills and good times

Yuja Wang performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the National Youth Orchestra of the USA All-Stars Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Chris Lee Music for a party is a ...
New York Classical Review

“Andrea Chénier” makes an impassioned, riveting return to the Met

Piotr Beczała in the title role and Sonya Yoncheva as Maddalena in Giordano’s Andrea Chénier at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera Andrea Chénier returned to the Metropolitan ...
New York Classical Review

Met Opera’s “Dialogues des Carmélites” is a devastating, emotional tour de force

Ailyn Pérez as Blanche de la Force in Metropolitan Opera presentation of Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites.” Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera Debuts abounded in the season premiere of Poulenc’s ...