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Voices soar in the Met’s Tristan und Isolde, while Yuval Sharon’s complex staging has its moments

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United StatesUnited States Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 17.3.2026. (RP)

Thomas Glass (Melot), Ryan Speedo Green (King Marke), and Tomasz Konieczny (Kurwenal) © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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Mannes Opera presents the US premiere of Korngold’s melody-laden The Silent Serenade

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United StatesUnited States Korngold, The Silent Serenade: Soloists, Mannes Orchestra / Cris Frisco (conductor). Mannes Opera, The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, New York, 13.3.2026. (RP)

Gaeun Song (Louise) and Thomasluke Flórez-Mansi (Tony Borza) in The Silent Serenade © Maria Baranova

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American Composers Orchestra and guest soloists display depth and range in timely message

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United StatesUnited States Various – ‘Hello, America: Letters to Us, from Us’: Karen Slack (soprano), Amanda Gookin (cello), Cynthia Yeh (percussion), American Composers Orchestra / Carolyn Kuan (conductor). Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 11.3.2026. (DS)

Karen Slack (soprano), conductor Carolyn Kuan and the American Composers Orchestra © Alfred Kan

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Wayne Oquin’s On the Words of Walt Whitman took flight under Kent Tritle’s baton

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United StatesUnited States Shaw, Oquin: Susanna Phillips (soprano), John Moore (baritone), Jesse Mills, Emma Frucht (violins), Kal Sugatski (viola), Arthur Fiacco, Jr. (cello), Peggy Kampmeier (piano), Musica Sacra Chorus and Chamber Orchestra / Kent Tritle (conductor). St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York, 11.3.2026. (RP)

Kent Tritle (conductor) with Susanna Phillips (soprano), Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra © Brian Hatton

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Queen saves the day – Salon Sanctuary Concerts present a rare performance of Stradella’s Ester

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United StatesUnited States Alessandro Stradella, Ester Liberatrice del Popolo Ebreo: Jessica Gould (Ester), Sonia Tedla (Speranza Celeste), Kinneret Ely (Mardocheo), Paul Max Tipton (Aman), Salvo Vitale (Assuero) Matthew Curran (Testo) Elisse Albian & Christina Kay (Two Hebrew Women), Members of the Camerata Grimani (Ian Jones, Kiyoun Jang [violins], Andrea Damiani [theorbo], Adam Young [viola da gamba], Cameron Khan [harpsichord]). Museum at Eldridge Street, New York City, 8.3.2026. (AA)

Kinneret Ely (Mardocheo) and Jessica Gould (Ester) © Harold Levine

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Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra find clarity and balance in Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’

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United StatesUnited States Mahler: Ying Fang (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Philadelphia Symphonic Choir (director: Joe Miller), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, 10.3.2026. (ES-S)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra © Chris Lee

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