Bridges, J’Nai

Review: John Adams’s ‘El Niño’ Arrives at the Met in Lush Glory

The opera-oratorio, an alternate Nativity story, featured a flurry of Met debuts, including the director Lileana Blain-Cruz and the conductor Marin Alsop.

By Oussama Zahr

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Review: The Philharmonic Feasts on ‘The Planets’

Under Dima Slobodeniouk, the orchestra played works by Holst and Ligeti and, for the first time, Julia Perry’s somber “Stabat Mater.”

By Zachary Woolfe

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Julia Perry’s ‘Stabat Mater’ Arrives at the Philharmonic

Julia Perry’s “Stabat Mater” was well received in the 1950s. But it took until this week for the New York Philharmonic to program it.

By Garrett Schumann

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Review: A Singer Brings Her Splendid Sound to an Eclectic Recital

The mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges performed at the 92nd Street Y, joined by the pianist Mark Markham and the Catalyst Quartet.

By Oussama Zahr