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Buffalo Philharmonic celebrates the shape-shifting Lukas Foss
WEBOct 4, 2022 · One hundred years after his birth, Lukas Foss remains a moving target. That was the takeaway from Monday’s concert by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under JoAnn Falletta at Carnegie Hall, a “centennial celebration” consisting of works by the German-born American composer, conductor, and pianist who became famous at mid-century as the ultimate shape-shifter of “modern music.”
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WEBSep 22, 2024 · NOVUS Trinity Choir Paola Prestini: Silent Light (world premiere) Anthony Dean Griffey, Daniel Okulitch, Julia Mintzer, Brittany Renee Christopher Rountree, conductor 7 p.m. National Sawdust. New York Philharmonic Anthony Parnther, conductor John Williams: Jaws in Concert (score with film) 7:30 p.m. David Geffen Hall nyphil.org.
Borodin’s original “Prince Igor” shines, dark yet brilliant, at the Met
WEBFeb 7, 2014 · It has been nearly a century since Borodin’s Prince Igor was last heard at the Metropolitan Opera.The overture may have to wait another hundred years. The new edition of Prince Igor by director Dmitri Tcherniakov and conductor Gianadrea Noseda, which premiered Thursday night at the Met, is a revelation. The two men have stripped away the additions of Aleksandr Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky ...
Magnificent cast makes Met’s “Tannhäuser” a Wagner night to …
WEBOct 10, 2015 · Magnificent cast makes Met’s “Tannhäuser” a Wagner night to remember. Johan Botha and Eva-Marie Westbroek in the Metropolitan Opera production of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser.”. Photo: Marty Sohl. The Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Tannhäuser is a significant success, but a perverse one. A great opera put on stage with a combination ...
Sierra captivates as Violetta in Met’s “Traviata”
WEBWed Oct 26, 2022 at 2:24 pm. By Rick Perdian. Nadine Sierra as Violetta and Stephen Costello as Alfredo in Verdi’s La traviata at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl/Met Opera. The Metropolitan Opera’s first season performance of Verdi’s La traviata caught fire from the moment Nadine Sierra appeared on stage as the glamorous ...
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WEBNov 1, 2021 · Met’s triumphant “Porgy and Bess” returns, deeper and even more compelling. Mon Nov 01, 2021 at 12:29 pm. By George Grella. Eric Owens and Angel Blue star in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera. If it’s possible for even the slightest bit of good to have come out of the pandemic ...
Kurzak triumphs in Met’s “Traviata” - New York Classical Review
WEBJan 12, 2020 · 4 Responses to “Kurzak triumphs in Met’s “Traviata”” Posted Jan 12, 2020 at 2:03 am by Peter. I found the performance the most boring performance of Traviata I have ever attended at the Met (and I attended some in the last 35 years), with total lack of finesse, no real feeling or understanding of the role from Madame Kurzak (Alagna), supported by a cast which was as boring as she was.
Met opens season with a heartening and memorable “Porgy and …
WEBSep 24, 2019 · The debut of a new production of Porgy and Bess, which opened the season at the Metropolitan Opera Monday night could leave no objective listener with any doubt as to the answer to the first question. And based on the excited responses from the audience during the performance, and the rapturous applause and …
Music, beauty and jugglers make for a memorable night in Met’s …
WEBNov 9, 2019 · Akhnaten, the last opera in Philip Glass’s trilogy of science, politics, and religion, finally made it to the Metropolitan Opera Friday night.(The Met presented Satyagraha in 2011, and back in 1976 Glass and director Robert Wilson famously financed their own two-night production of Einstein on the Beach at the house).. This production by Phelim McDermott, originally made for the English ...