The perfect match
If only she’d been able to sing more than 10 minutes of Bjork’s music!
Jaap van Zweden
8 pieces since 2015 — at 1 company, most often at New York Philharmonic.
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You tread on my dreams
Wednesday night’s New York Philharmonic concert was a high-stakes performance for a number of reasons.
Wait and see
Erwartung and Bluebeard’s Castle returned to Lincoln Center Thursday night in a musically scintillating if theatrically mild double-bill by the New York Philharmonic.
Aestival body
Broadway star Kelli O’Hara stepped out of her comfort zone.
Pardon my dust
David Lang’s Prisoner of the State, which was premiered on Thursday night by the New York Philharmonic, places the issue of mass incarceration front and center, foregrounding the violence of the prison system, both physical and psychological.
Overview: Riccardo Chailly
Riccardo Chailly’s appointment as La Scala’s new music director was news that I greeted with enthusiasm when first announced in 2013.
And three for Mahler
A poster outside Carnegie Hall proclaimed “Mahler Well Met” and to some degree it proved to be true.
Gold diggers
Das Rheingold is the outlier among the Ring operas, an ensemble work with a fast-shifting plot, animated dialogue, fewer set pieces and less character development.
By Adriel
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