The soprano appeared in more than two dozen productions at the house in Milan as she rose to become opera’s leading lady. Here are six highlights.
Category: Classical Music
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Peter Schickele, Composer and Gleeful Sire of P.D.Q. Bach, Dies at 88
He wrote more than 100 symphonic, choral, solo instrumental and chamber works. But he was better known, and celebrated, as a musical parodist. Who can forget “The Concerto for Horn and Hardart?”
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At 70, the Composer Georg Friedrich Haas Encourages Self-Discovery
One of Haas’s former students reflects on his time with a teacher who had lessons to offer in music, doubt and influence.
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Jay Clayton, Vocal Innovator in Jazz and Beyond, Dies at 82
She sparred with avant-garde instrumentalists and used electronics to alter and extend her vocal palette. She was also at home in more conventional settings.
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Hilary Hahn Announced as Avery Fisher Prize Winner at Philharmonic Concert
The star violinist’s appearance as artist in residence included an announcement that she had received the $100,000 Avery Fisher Prize.
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Franz Welser-Möst to Leave the Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director since 2002, is beginning to wind down his career.
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An Opera Superfan’s Surprise Gift: $1.7 Million for the Arts
Lois Kirschenbaum, who died in 2021, made the donations to cultural groups from unexpectedly large life savings.
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Channeling the Pain of Chinese Immigrants, in Music and Verse
“Angel Island,” an oratorio by Huang Ruo, brings to life the stark poetry of Chinese detained on the California island in the first part of the 20th century.
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Review: The Philharmonic’s Maestro Revels in the Classics
Jaap van Zweden returned to the orchestra for the first time since October with a conservative lineup of works by Wagner, Beethoven and Brahms.
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The Metropolitan Opera Moves Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ to America
Starring a magnetic Aigul Akhmetshina, Carrie Cracknell’s lethargic staging updates Bizet’s opera to present-day America.