The New York Times – Music:
Claus Guth’s entertaining and often sexy new staging of Handel’s opera-oratorio hybrid in Munich is a coproduction with the Metropolitan Opera.
Category: Sly, Philippe
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Review: The New York Philharmonic’s ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Is a Surprising Achievement
The New York Times – Music:
Jaap van Zweden is not known for Bach. But the “St. Matthew Passion” made for one of his finest New York Philharmonic concerts this season.
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Review: A ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Balances Grandeur and Calm
The New York Times – Music:
Bernard Labadie led the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and three choirs, in Bach’s sprawling, meditative masterpiece.