Metamorphosis as method: from a Vivaldi pasticcio to a drag revue

AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2025 [9] – Vivaldi/ Ovid, Hotel Metamorphosis: Soloists, Il Canto di Orfeo chorus, Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco / Gianluca Capuano (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Tiziano Mancini) at the Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, June 2025 and viewed on arte.tv.

United StatesUnited States Various, Orgy & Bess: Deep Throats and High Notes: Soloists, Band, Heartbeat Opera. Judson Memorial Church, New York, 31.10.2025. (ES-S)

John Taylor Ward, Angela Yam, Jamilyn Manning, Bernard Holcomb and Sishel Claverie in Orgy and Bess © Russ Rowland

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A new cohort of Ensemble Connect brings verve and virtuosity to their Carnegie Hall debut

United StatesUnited States Pärt, Janáček, Shostakovich: Ensemble Connect. Carnegie Hall, New York, 28.10.2025. (RP)

[l-r] Laurel Gagnon (violin), Coco Mi (violin), Joseph Vaz (piano), Elena Ariza (cello) & Abby Smith (viola) in Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet © Richard Termine

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Tõnu Kaljuste brings transcendent beauty and emotion to Pärt at Carnegie Hall

United StatesUnited States Pärt: Maria Listra (soprano), Annika Lõhmus (soprano), Danila Frantou (countertenor), Raul Mikson (tenor), Toomas Tohert (tenor), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra / Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 24.10.2025. (RP)

Maria Listra (soprano), Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra © Jennifer Taylor

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Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra bring perfection and purity to Arvo Pärt at Carnegie Hall

United StatesUnited States Pärt: Midori (violin), Hans Christian Aavik (violin), Nico Muhly (piano), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Trinity Choir, Estonian Festival Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 23.10.2025. (RP)

Paavo Järvi (conductor) and the Estonian Festival Orchestra © Fadi Kheir

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Nadine Sierra is the Amina of your dreams in the Met’s new La Sonnambula

United StatesUnited States Bellini, La Sonnambula: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Gary Halbvorson) at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 18.10.2025 and viewed as an encore showing at the Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex. (JPr)

Nadine Sierra (Amina) in La Sonnambula Act II © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

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