New York Classical Review5h
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 Review3d
Kurzak brings fresh vocal richness to Met’s “Tosca”
Tosca returned to the Met on Wednesday evening capping off a trio of performances which included the company premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded and Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann to launch the ...
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 ...