The New York Times – Music:
This star pianist fascinatingly, and with mixed success, led a trio of 20th-century chamber concertos from the keyboard.
Author: Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim
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Review: Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Offer a Rarity
The New York Times – Music:
Riccardo Muti led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in a program that featured Verdi’s “Four Seasons” and Tchaikovsky.
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At Prototype Festival, Opera With Lynchian Strangeness
The New York Times – Music:
This year’s Prototype, a showcase of experimental opera and theater, was stylistically broad but the focus was on the human voice in all its weirdness.
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Murder Most Unromantic in a New ‘Carmen’ at the Metropolitan Opera
The New York Times – Music:
The British director Carrie Cracknell’s production, opening on New Year’s Eve, resists the idea that the opera’s climactic scene is a crime of passion.
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‘Make Noise Enough’: Excavating Shakespeare’s Songs
The New York Times – Music:
In Shakespeare, music is an integral part of the action. But the First Folio, which turns 400 this year, failed to transmit how it should sound.
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What Opera Singers Gained, and Lost, Performing While Pregnant
The New York Times – Music:
Women in the industry are speaking out about what they feel are cancellations motivated by their appearance rather than sound, even as there is a belief that pregnancy and childbirth have positive effects on the voice.