New York Classical Review2d
No words but plenty of drama in Stutzmann’s “Ring” with the Philharmonic
If you like looking at pictures of Alfred Roller’s sets for Götterdāmmerung or portraits of Jean de Reszke as Siegfried or Birgit Nilsson as Brünnhilde, you would likely have enjoyed the New York ...
New York Classical Review3d
Nézet-Séguin, Philadelphia Orchestra twine music of grief and loss by Heggie, Mahler
In the Ninth Symphony, Mahler examines death from an internal, personal view. Through the music, Mahler sees the end and ...
New York Classical Review6d
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 Review6d
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 Review7d
A starry cast breathes fresh, convivial life into Met’s “Bohème”
Eleonora Buratto is Mimi in the Metropolitan Opera’s January performances of Puccini’s La Bohème. File photo: Curtis Brown/ Met Opera There is something comforting about revisiting Giacomo Puccini’s ...