June 2017
The Met at middle age
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On the fiftieth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera House.
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera House.
On a new piano concerto by Timo Andres, a performance of the Bach Cello Suites by Alisa Weilerstein, the Metropolitan Opera’s fiftieth-anniversary gala & Der Rosenkavalier performed by the Metropolitan Opera.
On Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Cello Concerto performed by the New York Philharmonic, La campana sommersa performed by New York City Opera, a violin recital by Simone Lamsma at Carnegie Hall, a performance by the Munich Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, & Eugene Onegin performed by the Metropolitan Opera.
On a piano recital by Igor Levit at Carnegie Hall, a new production of Rusalka performed by the Metropolitan Opera, and more recent classical music performances.
On the Bruckner symphony cycle performed by the Staatskapelle Berlin orchestra at Carnegie Hall, a concert by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and other recent classical music performances.
On a new symphony by Wynton Marsalis performed by the New York Philharmonic, Roméo et Juliette performed by the Metropolitan Opera, and other recent performances.
On Complete Symphonies by Lukas Foss.
On L’Amour de loin performed by the Metropolitan Opera, a performance by the pianist Fazil Say and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and other recent classical music performances.
On Jane Eyre performed by the Center for Contemporary Opera, Denis Matsuev’s piano recital at Carnegie Hall, and Guillaume Tell performed by the Metropolitan Opera.
On Aleko, performed by the New York City Opera; STOMP, performed by the New York Philharmonic; Tristan und Isolde, performed by the Metropolitan Opera, and other recent performances.