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Critic’s Choice

In his inaugural season as music director Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the New York Philharmonic in music of Stravinsky and ...
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Morton Feldman squarely in the mainstream at Graphic Content Festival

The Orange Road Quartet performed Morton Feldman’s “Piano and String Quartet” with Matthew Schultheis Friday night at St. Michael’s Church. Can you play Morton Feldman’s chamber music the way you’d ...
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Top Ten Performances of 2025

1. Mahler: Symphony No. 7. Gustavo Dudamel/New York Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel isn’t officially the music director of the New York Philharmonic until next season, but performances this year show ...
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A tragedy haunts the past and present in Met’s “Innocence”

Vilma Jää as Markéta and Joyce DiDonato as the Waitress in Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera Conductor Susanna Mälkki, one of Saariaho’s most ...
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In Met debut Blanchard’s “Champion” proves lightweight in its class

Eric Owens and Ryan Speedo Green in Terence Blanchard’s Champion at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera The production had a lot going for it: the good will (and expanded audience ...
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AMOC brings blast of silence to music of Sciarrino, Hersch at TIME:SPANS

Salvatore Sciarrino’s “Stupori” was performed by the American Modern Opera Company Wednesday night at the TIME:SPANS festival. The ensemble performing works by Salvatore Sciarrino and Michael Hersch ...
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Bellini’s music, fine cast carry the day over directorial excess in Met’s “Puritani”

Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee star in Bellini’s I Puritani at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera This is a Bellini season at the Metropolitan Opera, which is both a welcome ...
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Met’s new “Zauberflöte” more muddled than magical

Thomas Oliemans as Papageno and Lawrence Brownlee as Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera For those who equate Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with ...
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Vocal performances keep Met’s “Lohengrin” aloft in downbeat new staging

Tamara Wilson as Elsa and Piotr Beczała in the title role of Wagner’s Lohengrin. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera ended its mid-winter hiatus with the much-anticipated premiere of ...
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Tesori’s “Grounded” scores a dark triumph in Met season opener

Emily D’Angelo stars as Jess in Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera “If Odysseus came home every day,” sings fighter pilot Jess to her husband in Jeanine ...
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‘The Hours’ returns to the Met with new layers of meaning

Kathleen Kim as Barbara and Renée Fleming as Clarissa Vaughan in Kevin Puts’s The Hours at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera Some things are even better the second time around.