United States Gounod, Faust: Soloists, Band / Jacob Ashworth (conductor). Heartbeat Opera, Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, 24.5.2025. (RP)
Heartbeat Opera’s reimagined Faust is as powerful as it is popular
Rick Perdian
Sonya Yoncheva unveils her heartbreaking, luminous Lisa in The Queen of Spades at the Met
United States Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 23.5.2025. (RP)
Paul Appleby in the premiere of Jessica Meyer’s Shadow Songs at Music Mondays in New York
United States Music Mondays – Fauré, Meyer, Schubert: Paul Appleby (tenor), Claremont Trio. Advent Lutheran Church, New York, 19.5.2025. (RP)
Elīna Garanča blazes as Amneris in the Met’s final Aida of the season
United States Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / John Keenan (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 9.5.2025. (RP)
Thomas Crawford leads the ACO in fascinating performances of Mozart and Beethoven on period instruments
United States Mozart, Beethoven – ‘Magnificently Mozart’: Andrew Schwartz (bassoon), Petra Somlai (fortepiano), American Classical Orchestra / Thomas Crawford (conductor). Alice Tully Hall, New York, 7.5.2025. (RP)
Frederica von Stade joins CMS in the Alice Tully Hall to celebrate Charles Wadsworth
United States R. Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Goldberg – ‘The Wadsworth Legacy’: Soloists. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, 2.5.2025. (RP)
New York’s Experiments in Opera premieres Aaron Siegel’s probing Rainbird
United States Aaron Siegel, Rainbird: Soloists, Sugar Vendil (keyboards), Andie Tanning (strings), Jess Tsang (percussion). Experiments in Opera, Mabou Mines, New York, 17.4.2025. (RP)
A century of tradition: Stainer’s The Crucifixion at The Brick Church
United States Stainer, The Crucifixion: Sean Fallen (tenor), Nathaniel Sullivan (baritone), Alistair Reid (organist), Chancel Choir / Raymond Nagem (conductor). The Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, 18.4.2025. (RP)
