Celebrities gathered to celebrate the Metropolitan Opera’s new season, which opened with “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.”
Category: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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Leonard Tow, Cable TV Magnate and a Major Philanthropist, Dies at 97
Once on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, he donated substantially to the arts, higher education, hospitals and criminal justice reform.
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Brooklyn Rider Still Has More to Say With the String Quartet
The group is celebrating its 20th-anniversary season with a series of concerts that look back, one player says, “with a lot of forward motion.”
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A Film Curator Keeps His Eyes on Screens, Then ‘Resets’ With Art
Over seven days, Dennis Lim, the artistic director of the New York Film Festival, balanced hours of movie watching with a MoMA visit and a trip to Italy.
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The Classical Side of Michael Abels, Jordan Peele’s Frequent Collaborator
Michael Abels writes scores for Jordan Peele. He won a Pulitzer Prize for the opera “Omar.” Now, the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center shows off his classical side.
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Peter Sellars Is Still Living His Life Through Art
The director, one of the most influential in opera, is staging new productions in New York, France and Austria this summer.
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Hundreds of Couples Celebrate Love at Lincoln Center’s ‘The Wedding’
The growing annual event, part of the center’s “Summer for the City” series, offers couples a chance to reflect on their love for each other and for New York.
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Review: ‘The Comet/Poppea’ Merges Opera’s Past and Present
A Monteverdi masterpiece and a new work by George Lewis are played simultaneously in an American Modern Opera Company production at Lincoln Center.
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American Modern Opera Company Arrives at Lincoln Center
The American Modern Opera Company is taking over Lincoln Center for a five-week residency. It is both a milestone and a homecoming for these artists.
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Charles Wadsworth, Pianist and Champion of Chamber Music, Dies at 96
As the founder, director and genial host of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, he helped drive the chamber music bomb of the 1970s.
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Lincoln Center Plans a $335 Million Makeover of Its Western Edge
The center in Manhattan aims to attract new audiences, as it takes down a wall on Amsterdam Avenue and revamps Damrosch Park.
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Lincoln Center Summer Festival to Bring Back Some Classical Music
Summer for the City will feature a dozen productions by the American Modern Opera Company, a Sanskrit epic, a celebration of Brazil and more.