New York Classical Review13h
Met’s “Tales of Hoffmann” offers dark Romanticism and a feast of female voices
Romantic tenors from Gedda and Domingo to Alagna have sought a vehicle in Hoffmann, but Saturday found Benjamin Bernheim in ...
New York Classical Review2d
Parlando opens season with music of the night
The chamber orchestra Parlando, led and fronted by conductor Ian Niederhoffer, who doesn’t just beat time and cue instruments ...
New York Classical Review5d
Tesori’s “Grounded” scores a dark triumph in Met season opener
Dehn’s blue-lit perch high in Mimi Lien’s two-tiered set, and her robust voice with flecks of coloratura, as she presided ...
New York Classical Review6d
A romantic Roman holiday opens season for Music Before 1800
Soprano Amanda Forsythe performed with Pacific MusicWork Sunday at Riverside Church. Music Before 1800 launched its 50th ...
New York Classical Review3d
Kurzak brings fresh vocal richness to Met’s “Tosca”
Aleksandra Kurzak and SeokJong Baek star in Puccini’s Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera David McVicar’s 2017 staging is traditional to a tee, except for the odd angle on ...
New York Classical Review9d
Masur, Philharmonic serve up a full menu with Hindemith and Ellington the highlights
Those sensations disappeared with Mahler’s dense, lugubrious retooling of music from Bach’s Orchestral Suites. (The ...
New York Classical Review13d
Kigawa finds an expressive space within the cool control of Stockhausen
Late summer on the New York City classical music scene often means pianist Taka Kigawa will be exploring some of the most ...