The New York Times – Music:
Its stylistic range, precision and passion have made the group one of contemporary music’s indispensable ensembles.
Author: Zachary Woolfe
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Review: The Philharmonic Feasts on ‘The Planets’
The New York Times – Music:
Under Dima Slobodeniouk, the orchestra played works by Holst and Ligeti and, for the first time, Julia Perry’s somber “Stabat Mater.”
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Lise Davidsen Is an Opera Star Worth Traveling For
The New York Times – Music:
Her high notes emerging like shafts of sunlight, Davidsen is playing the title role in Janacek’s “Jenufa” at the struggling Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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Review: ‘Florencia’ Brings Spanish Back to the Met Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Starring Ailyn Pérez, Daniel Catán’s heavily perfumed “Florencia en el Amazonas,” from 1996, is the company’s first work by a Latin American composer.
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The Kronos Quartet Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
The New York Times – Music:
The group, which celebrated its birthday on Friday at Carnegie Hall, changed music with its open-eared and open-minded approach.
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A Malcolm X Opera Is Coming to the Met
The New York Times – Music:
Anthony, Christopher and Thulani Davis collaborated on “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” which has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on Friday.
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Review: An Opera About Drones Brings a Pilot’s War Home
The New York Times – Music:
Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s “Grounded,” which Washington National Opera premiered on Saturday, is headed to the Metropolitan Opera next year.
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Review: Years Late, a Young Pianist Finally Gets to Carnegie
The New York Times – Music:
Alexandre Kantorow made his Carnegie Hall recital debut after winning both the International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Gilmore Artist Award.
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At the Met, a Refurbished ‘Bohème’ and an Art Deco ‘Ballo’
The New York Times – Music:
A gift from a board member recently paid for the company to rebuild sets for Franco Zeffirelli’s deathless 1981 production of Puccini’s classic.