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Double celebration of Baroque brilliance at the 92nd Street Y and Alice Tully Hall

05/01/202511/12/2024 by Edward Sava-Segal

United StatesUnited States Various: Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92NY Center for Culture & Arts, New York, 3.12.2024; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, 8.12.2024. (ES-S)

Akademie fur Alte Musik at the 92nd Street Y © Joseph Sinnott

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Gil Shaham mesmerizes in Dvořák’s Violin Concerto with Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic

05/01/202507/12/2024 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Dvořák, Mahler: Gil Shaham (violin), Czech Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 4.12.2024. (RP)

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall © Fadi Kheir

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A radiant Gabriella Reyes sings her first Mimì in the Met’s La bohème

05/01/202503/12/2024 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera / Kensho Watanabe (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 30.11.2024. (RP)

Emily Pogorelc as Musetta © Marty Sohl / MO

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Sir Stephen Hough’s signature style enamors a New York audience

05/01/202503/12/2024 by Daniele Sahr

United StatesUnited States Various: Sir Stephen Hough (piano), Viano Quartet (Lucy Wang, Hao Zhou [violins], Aiden Kane [viola], Tate Zawadiuk [cello]). David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 24.11.2024. (DS)

Sir Stephen Hough © Cherylynn Tsushima

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Die Frau ohne Schatten returns to the Met with incomparable brilliance

02/12/2024 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States R. Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 29.11.2024. (RP)

Ryan Speedo Green (Spirit Messenger) and Nina Stemme (Nurse) © Evan Zimmerman / MO

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The Curtis Institute of Music celebrates 100 years of excellence at Geffen Hall

30/11/2024 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Coleridge-Taylor, Price, Dvořák: Curtis Symphony Orchestra / Benoit Gauthier and Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductors). David Geffen Hall, New York, 24.11.2024. (RP)

Benoit Gauthier conducting the Curtis Symphony Orchestra © Fadi Kheir

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Arturo Chacón-Cruz saves the day and seizes the moment as Manrico at the Met

26/11/2024 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Daniele Callegari (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 22.11.2024. (RP)

Ryan Speedo Green (Ferrando) and Igor Golovatenko (Count di Luna) © Ken Howard / MO

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Youth, tradition and innovation: Klaus Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw at Carnegie Hall

26/11/2024 by Edward Sava-Segal

United StatesUnited States Various: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 22 & 23.11.2024. (ES-S)

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra © Chris Lee

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