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Top Ten Performances of 2025

Jakub Hrůša/New York Philharmonic In the middle of what was a stimulating New York Philharmonic concert with an attractive ...
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Russian rarities and early Schumann make lively bedfellows in Trifonov recital

On the other hand, Trifonov’s introspective approach suited Schumann’s enigmatic tempo indication for the second movement, ...
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Pianist Abduraimov casts a wide cultural net in Carnegie recital

Behzod Abduraimov performed a recital at Carnegie Hall Friday night. Photo: Evgeny Eutykhov It wasn’t hard to imagine that Behzod Abduraimov, pianist from Tashkent, was bringing centuries of history ...
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Greenwich Village Orchestra brings a New York state of mind to American works

Jasmin Ward performed Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with Barbara Yahr conducting the Greenwich Village Orchestra Sunday at the High School of Fashion Industries. Photo: Howan Cheng Seldom is ...
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Vocal performances keep Met’s “Lohengrin” aloft in downbeat new staging

Tamara Wilson as Elsa and Piotr Beczała in the title role of Wagner’s Lohengrin. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera ended its mid-winter hiatus with the much-anticipated premiere of ...
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Payare, Montreal Symphony deliver magnificent Mahler

Rafael Payare conducted the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Wednesday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Antoine Saito Only a few days have passed since the Vienna Philharmonic’s extraordinary ...
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“Andrea Chénier” makes an impassioned, riveting return to the Met

Piotr Beczała in the title role and Sonya Yoncheva as Maddalena in Giordano’s Andrea Chénier at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera Andrea Chénier returned to the Metropolitan ...
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With Leonard’s star power, Met staging delivers a “Carmen” for our times

Isabel Leonard in the title role and Michael Fabiano as Don José in Bizet’s Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman Carrie Cracknell’s production of Carmen is back on stage at the ...
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A starry cast delivers an imposing, powerful “Don Carlos” in belated Met premiere

Matthew Polenzani in the title role and Etienne Dupuis as Rodrigue in Verdi’s Don Carlos at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard/Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera returned from its February hiatus ...
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Honeck and a sterling Met cast bring luminous grace to Mozart’s “Idomeneo”

Michael Spyres stars in the toitle role of Mozart’s Idomeneo at the Metropolitan Opera. Phtoo: Karen Almond/Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera revived Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s 1982 production of Mozart’s ...
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“The Hours” builds a moving, spellbinding drama in Met premiere

Renée Fleming as Clarissa Vaughan and Kyle Ketelsen as Richard in Kevin Puts’s The Hours at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera The Hours, which began as an award-winning, ...
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Akhmetshina debut propels Met’s retooled rodeo “Carmen”

Aigul Akhmetshina sang the title role in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bizet’s Carmen Sunday night. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera rang out 2023 with a sold-out gala ...