Review: This London ‘Ring’ Is on the Met Opera’s Radar Posted by By Zachary Woolfe September 12, 2023Posted inClassical Music, Der Ring des Nibelungen (Opera), Kosky, Barrie (1967- ), Metropolitan Opera, Music, Opera, Pappano, Antonio, Rheingold, Das (Opera), Royal Opera House, Wagner, Richard It’s not stage-filling spectacle, but Barrie Kosky’s version of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold,” the start of a four-opera epic, is eerie, vivid and intense.
Best Classical Music Performances of 2022 Posted by By Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone December 1, 2022Posted inAbels, Michael (Composer), Adams, John (1947- ), Ades, Thomas, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Bavarian State Opera, Bayreuth Wagner Festival, Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin State Opera, bestofculture2022, Carnegie Hall, Classical Music, Cleveland Orchestra, Davidsen, Lise, Dean, Brett, Devieilhe, Sabine, Jocelyn, Matthew, Komische Oper Berlin, Kosky, Barrie (1967- ), Levit, Igor, Lim, Yunchan, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Music, New York Philharmonic, Opera, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Padmore, Mark, Pappano, Antonio, Park Avenue Armory (Manhattan, NY), Pelly, Laurent, Petersen, Marlis, Pichon, Raphael, Salzburg Festival, Schwarz, Valentin (Stage Director), Spoleto Festival USA, Two Thousand Twenty Two, Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition The concert world, seemingly back to normal, saw Ukrainian musicians banding together, a new “Ring” at Bayreuth, and the opening of the revamped David Geffen Hall.
Jakub Hrusa Set to Lead Royal Opera House Posted by By Alex Marshall October 18, 2022Posted inBamberg Symphony Orchestra, Classical Music, Czech Philharmonic, Hrusa, Jakub, Kosky, Barrie (1967- ), London (England), Music, Opera, Pappano, Antonio, Royal Opera House The young Czech conductor will replace Antonio Pappano, who is heading to the London Symphony Orchestra.