Baritone John Brancy smoothly traverses the American songbook at Carnegie Hall.
Joyce DiDonato makes the most of Kevin Puts‘s trite new Emily Dickinson monodrama.
Iván Fischer‘s Mahler 3 with the Budapest Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall is memorable but crude, sometimes exhilarating and often tedious.
Juan Diego Flórez‘s charm and artistic sensibility remain as vibrant as ever, as seen at a recent Carnegie Hall recital.
Franz Welser-Möst leads a rigorous, if emotionally staid, performance of Verdi‘s Requiem at Carnegie Hall.
Two recent Paminas feature in concerts at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.
The oddball pairing of Bernie Williams and Jonathan Tetelman doesn’t quite knock it out of the park at Carnegie Hall.
A starry (and potentially annual) Christmas gala lights up Carnegie Hall.
It is a physical pleasure to hear Kate Lindsey at close quarters.
Barbara Strozzi links two sensuous programs by L’Arpeggiata and Catapult Opera.
Matthias Goerne‘s Die schöne Müllerin at Carnegie Hall offers a hoary and excessive collection of mannerisms and vocal tics that served the artist more than the music itself.
The Met Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin surges into summer with a mixed program at Carnegie Hall
The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble’s Das Lied von der Erde skirts the sublime at Carnegie Hall
When the birthdays start to pile up in the double digits in big round numbers, you start to examine your past and review what you have done with your life.
William Christie curates an evening of French Baroque music in a live broadcast from Carnegie Hall.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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