United States Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 28.3.2026. (RP)
Celebrations were in order with the Met’s final Madama Butterfly of the season
Rick Perdian
Keepers of the flame: The Choir of New College Oxford in concert at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue
United States Various: The Choir of New College Oxford, Hugh Rowlands (assistant organist), March McDevitt & Joseph Hyam (organ scholars) / Robert Quinney (conductor). Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, 27.3.2026. (RP)
Indulging in all the big no-nos with MasterVoices in SEVEN: A Cycle of Sins
United States Various, ‘Sins and Grace’: Mikaela Bennett (soprano), Justin Austin (baritone), MasterVoices Chorus, Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Ted Sperling (conductor). Alice Tully Hall, New York, 23.3.2026. (RP)
Dudamel and the NY Phil premiere David Lang’s stirring, provocative oratorio tackling economic justice
United States ‘US at 250’ – David Lang, the wealth of nations: Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Davóne Tines (bass-baritone), New York Philharmonic Chorus, New York Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). David Geffen Hall, New York, 21.3.2026. (RP)
Voices soar in the Met’s Tristan und Isolde, while Yuval Sharon’s complex staging has its moments
United States Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 17.3.2026. (RP)
Mannes Opera presents the US premiere of Korngold’s melody-laden The Silent Serenade
United 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)
Wayne Oquin’s On the Words of Walt Whitman took flight under Kent Tritle’s baton
United 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)
Brooklyn Art Song Society presents Evidence of Things Not Seen, Ned Rorem’s monumental song cycle
United States Rorem, Evidence of Things Not Seen: Sara LeMesh (soprano), Anna Laurenzo (mezzo-soprano), Daniel McGrew (tenor), Nathaniel Sullivan (baritone), Mila Henry, Nana Shi, Miori Sugiyama (piano). Brooklyn Art Song Society, Roulette, Brooklyn, 8.3.2026. (RP)
