121 pieces since 2008 — at 7 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
15 pieces as Philadelphia Orchestra — stats above show all coverage for Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
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David Fox and Dan Johnson report on Yannick Nézet-Seguin‘s recent performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Philadelphia and New York.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra, Stuart Skelton, and Nina Stemme in a Tristan und Isolde for the ages
Maximalism was on the menu last weekend at the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Opera took center stage on the final weekend of the Philadelphia Orchestra season.
Perhaps the quirkiest of Mahler’s nine symphonies, the Fourth fits nicely with Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s somewhat idiosyncratic style.
While seasonally-awkward streams of Messiah abound, Trove Thursday turns instead to Berlioz’s exquisite L’Enfance du Christ from francophone forces including Stéphanie d’ Oustrac, Bernard Richter, Edwin Crossley-Mercer and Nicolas Testé (for once, sans sa femme).
All in all, Mahler’s ethereal evocation of the natural world, and the world beyond our own, is becoming old hat.
Each year, when I take in a performance of Messiah by the Philadelphia Orchestra as part of my own holiday tradition, I hope it will spark some new and exciting feeling inside of me, or offer a new way of looking at the musical drama as a whole.
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s opening night concert, for better or worse, was not a gala evening starring Plácido Domingo.
With the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Candide, they saved the best (of all possible worlds) for last.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s “Music of Faith” with the Philadelphia Orchestra was a sensational concert, perhaps the best I’ve heard in more than a season.
Philadelphia is a city famous for its musical institutions—so, of course, at this time of year Messiah performances abound.
Though orchestrally lavish, this “semi-staging” delivers less theater than no staging at all.
One of the greats of classical music, Franz Joseph Haydn was a bit of an “also-ran” as an opera composer.
“Trove Maundy Thursday” offers a recent un-HIP version of Handel’s Messiah.
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
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