New York Classical Review

Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony make powerful Carnegie stand in Russian program

Manfred Honeck has led the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as music director since 2008. The orchestra bears his imprint, a ...
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New and old faces imbue Met’s “Porgy and Bess” revival with fresh drama and impact

First among newcomers was the South African soprano Vuvu Mpofu, making her Met debut in the most conspicuous way imaginable, ...
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“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 ...
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New York Youth Symphony opens season with thrilling stand at Carnegie Hall

The New York Youth Symphony plays music of Bottesini, William Grant Still, and more, in Merkin Concert Hall, 7 p.m., December ...
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Galilee Chamber Orchestra brings a mixed night of “peace through music” to Carnegie

The Galilee Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble that comprises roughly equal numbers of Arab and Jewish Israelis, made its ...
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Cage match: Aimard frames Benjamin premiere within a century of piano music

The night after Jean-Efflam Bavouzet played Le Tombeau de Couperin —and more Ravel—in Alice Tully Hall, another French ...
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Greenwich Village Orchestra offers an attractive blend from Debussy to Berlioz

There is a cognitive dissonance that comes from seeing an orchestra arrayed on the stage of a high school auditorium and then ...
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Met debutants light up a debutante’s story in Strauss’s “Arabella”

Rachel Willis-Sørensen in the title role and Tomasz Konieczny as Mandryka in Strauss’s Arabella at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera In imperial Vienna in the 1860s, everybody ...
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With Leonard’s star power, Met staging delivers a “Carmen” for our times

Isabel Leonard in the title role and Michael Fabiano as Don José in Bizet’s Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman Carrie Cracknell’s production of Carmen is back on stage at the ...
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Met’s beloved “Bohème” opens with youthful appeal, vocal richness

Freddie De Tommaso and Juliana Grigoryan star in Puccini’s La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera La Bohème returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday evening.
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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 ...