The New York Times – Music:
Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek are making their Metropolitan Opera debut with an imaginative, moving adaptation of George Saunders’s ghostly novel.
Category: Nezet-Seguin, Yannick
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A Triumphant Baritone in a Dystopian ‘Macbeth’ Opens the Met Opera Season
The New York Times – Music:
Quinn Kelsey commandingly charts each step in Macbeth’s decline in Louisa Proske’s postapocalyptic setting of Verdi’s opera, which opened the Metropolitan Opera’s season.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
The New York Times – Music:
Mozart choral works, a pairing of Dvorak and Carlos Simon and piano music by Philip Glass are among our selections.
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The Philharmonic and the Met Engage in a Battle of the Bands
The New York Times – Music:
Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony was performed in the same week by two of Lincoln Center’s orchestras. Was it coincidence or bad communication?
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Review: Tyshawn Sorey Unveils a Wondrous New Piano Concerto
The New York Times – Music:
The Philadelphia Orchestra paired Sorey’s “For Marilyn Crispell” with Bruckner’s Third Symphony, an unusual bill that flattered both composers.
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Review: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Reunited in Opera
The New York Times – Music:
“El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego,” Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s fantasy about two titans of Mexican art, arrives at the Metropolitan Opera.
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‘Tristan und Isolde’ at the Met Opera Has a Troubling Problem
The New York Times – Music:
Audiences are packing the theater for a new “Tristan und Isolde.” Everyone can see the same spectacle, but they probably don’t hear the same sound.
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Review: A New ‘Tristan und Isolde’ at the Metropolitan Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Yuval Sharon’s debut production featured an astonishing performance by the soprano Lise Davidsen. It is the event of the season.
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Met Opera Gambles on Yuval Sharon for Its New ‘Tristan’
The New York Times – Music:
Yuval Sharon, known for his bold approach to opera, is making his Met debut with what he has called “the single hardest work” to stage.