New York Classical Review

July 7

B. Franklin (attr.): Quartet in F major for Three Violins and Cello Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, “The Joke” Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589, “Prussian” ...
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Met Opera’s “Dialogues des Carmélites” is a devastating, emotional tour de force

Ailyn Pérez as Blanche de la Force in Metropolitan Opera presentation of Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites.” Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera Debuts abounded in the season premiere of Poulenc’s ...
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The Big Easy: Trifonov makes it all sound effortless, even the “Hammerklavier”

Daniil Trifonov performed Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Dario Acosta Listening to Daniil Trifonov’s recital in Carnegie Hall Tuesday night, one’s first thought was, this pianist is such a ...
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Biondi leads Philharmonic in a subtle, stylish “Messiah”

Fabio Biondi conducts the New York Philharmonic in Handel’s Messiah with soprano Hera Hyesang Park and the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus Tuesday night at David Geffen Hall. Photo: Chris Lee The New ...
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Met wraps the season successfully with Frank’s impassioned “Frida y Diego”

Isabel Leonard and Carlos Álvarez star in Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera The final production of the Metropolitan Opera ...
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Music, poetry and Spanish history in graceful motion in Met’s “Ainadamar”

Daniela Mack, Angel Blue and Elena Villalón in Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl/Met Opera. Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar premiered at the ...
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Nézet-Séguin, Met Orchestra still finding their way with Mahler

Joyce DiDonato was the soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, performed by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Met Orchestra Thursday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Jennifer Taylor Everything is a work in ...
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Double trouble: Singers reach the heights in Met’s “Tristan”; staging, conducting not so much

Lisa Davidsen and Michael Spyres in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera There’s plenty to think about and argue with in Sharon’s claims, and he put ...
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Mäkelä, Orchestre de Paris conjure a spectacular “Firebird,” visceral “Rite”

A hundred and eleven years ago, a ballet audience in Paris experienced “the shock of the new” as never before, when the primitive rhythms and dissonances of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring ...
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In Met debut Blanchard’s “Champion” proves lightweight in its class

Eric Owens and Ryan Speedo Green in Terence Blanchard’s Champion at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera The production had a lot going for it: the good will (and expanded audience ...
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Forgotten no more, Bellini’s “Capuleti” shines anew with Teatro Nuovo

Alina Tamborini and Stephanie Doche starred in Teatro Nuovo’s performance of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi Sunday in Montclair, New Jersey. Photo: Steven Pisano Teatro Nuovo provided an immersive ...