A cast for the ages? Lise Davidsen, Freddie De Tommaso and Quinn Kelsey bring the Met Tosca to true life

United StatesUnited States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). The Met Live in HD broadcast to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 23.11.2024. (JPr)

Lise Davidsen (Tosca) and Freddie De Tommaso (Cavaradossi) © Met Opera/Marty Sohl

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NYFOS celebrates Black brotherhood with style in ‘My Brother’s Keeper’

United StatesUnited States New York Festival of Song – ‘My Brother’s Keeper’: Joshua Blue, Chaz’men Williams-Ali (tenors), Will Liverman, Jorell Williams (baritones), Joseph Parrish, Alan Williams (bass-baritones), Steven Blier (piano). New York Festival of Song, Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center, New York, 20.11.2024. (RP)

Saluting Steven Blier at the piano © Janeivy Hilario

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Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar continues its flight at the Metropolitan Opera

United StatesUnited States Golijov, Ainadamar: Soloists, Chorus, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 6.11.2024. (ES-S)

Elena Villalón (Nuria), Angel Blue (Margarita Xirgu) and Daniela Mack (Federico García Lorca) © Marty Sohl/Met Opera

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A remarkable week of chamber music in New York City

United StatesUnited States Various: Calidore Quartet, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, 27.10.2024; Chiaroscuro Quartet, Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 30.10.2024; Junction Trio, Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92nd Street Y, New York, 1.11.2024. (ES-S)

Callidore Quartet © Da Ping Luo

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