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In his inaugural season as music director Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the New York Philharmonic in music of Stravinsky and ...
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AMOC brings blast of silence to music of Sciarrino, Hersch at TIME:SPANS

Aside from those rare outbursts, flutist Emi Ferguson supported the singer with soft colorations to match his voice, from liquid to hazy, from buzzing to breathy. At one point she detached the head ...
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Tesori’s “Grounded” scores a dark triumph in Met season opener

Emily D’Angelo stars as Jess in Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera “If Odysseus came home every day,” sings fighter pilot Jess to her husband in Jeanine ...
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Carnegie’s WOW! festival off to strong start with NYO2, Barnes premiere

Just one day in, it’s not too soon to say it: WOW! really is a wow. Carnegie Hall’s summer festival World Orchestra Week (WOW!) made its bow Thursday night with a concert that was anything but a ...
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Music, poetry and Spanish history in graceful motion in Met’s “Ainadamar”

Daniela Mack, Angel Blue and Elena Villalón in Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl/Met Opera. Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar premiered at the ...
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In Met debut Blanchard’s “Champion” proves lightweight in its class

Eric Owens and Ryan Speedo Green in Terence Blanchard’s Champion at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera The production had a lot going for it: the good will (and expanded audience ...
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Sierra captivates as Violetta in Met’s “Traviata”

Nadine Sierra as Violetta and Stephen Costello as Alfredo in Verdi’s La traviata at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl/Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera’s first season performance of Verdi’s La ...
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“Fedora” returns to Met after 25 years in a sumptuous, richly sung production

Sonya Yoncheva and Piotr Beczała star in Giordano’s Fedora, which opened at the Metropolitan Opera Saturday night. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera Fedora returned to the Metropolitan Opera on New Year’s ...
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Oropesa successfully reprises her Violetta in Met’s “Traviata”

La Traviata is one of the Metropolitan Opera’s big four, alongside La Bohème, Aida, and Carmen, with around 1,000 performances to date. It’s been three years since Michael Mayer’s production was last ...
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Trifonov’s existential Prokofiev with National Symphony transcends time, genre

Daniil Trifonov performed Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Gianandrea Noseda conducting the National Symphony Orchestra Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Chris Lee Substantial credit goes to ...
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A tragedy haunts the past and present in Met’s “Innocence”

Vilma Jää as Markéta and Joyce DiDonato as the Waitress in Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera Conductor Susanna Mälkki, one of Saariaho’s most ...
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When violinists compose: Botstein, The Orchestra Now serve up an intriguing if uneven sampler

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky performed music of Ysaÿe and Joachim with Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now Wednesday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: David DeNee Legendary pianists could be pretty good ...