A gift from a board member recently paid for the company to rebuild sets for Franco Zeffirelli’s deathless 1981 production of Puccini’s classic.
Category: Classical Music
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Review: New York Philharmonic Welcomes Back an Old Friend
David Robertson returned to the podium to lead the orchestra’s first in a series of performances to celebrate the centennial of Gyorgy Ligeti’s birth.
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The Pianist Vikingur Olafsson on ‘History’s Greatest Keyboard Work’
Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations, which Olafsson recorded for Deutsche Grammophon and is touring this season, is “like a life cycle.”
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After 47 Years, the Emerson Quartet Has One More Weekend
The group, famed for its rich vitality, easy power and a vast repertory that it recorded prolifically and toured tirelessly, is saying farewell.
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Review: Kate Lindsey Brings Women’s Tales to the Armory
Kate Lindsey, accompanied by the pianist Justina Lee, programmed cycles of life, love and creation by Schumann and Fauré.
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Camaraderie and Visibility: A Festival for Black Classical Musicians
“You feel like you’re home,” a bassoonist said of the Gateways Music Festival, which for 30 years has provided Black musicians with performing opportunities.
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Gender Imbalance in Opera: Where Are the Female Conductors?
A new report found that women are dramatically underrepresented when it comes to conducting, directing and designing operas at leading American companies.
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In an Opera About Civil War Spies, Dancers Help Drive the Drama
Houston Grand Opera, known for innovation, unveils Jake Heggie’s “Intelligence,” directed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and featuring Urban Bush Women.
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In Debut, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Gets the Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic’s renovated hall is a proving ground for guests to balance the orchestra. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla did so with assurance.
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Riccardo Muti Takes a Victory Lap With the Chicago Symphony
The orchestra’s former conductor — now its music director emeritus for life — opened Carnegie Hall’s season with a two-night engagement.
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Review: New York Philharmonic Plays New Steve Reich Piece
In “Jacob’s Ladder,” which premiered at the New York Philharmonic on Thursday, Reich’s signature chugging rhythms returned.
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Russell Sherman, Poetic Interpreter at the Piano, Is Dead at 93
He was known as a passionate, idiosyncratic performer in concerts and on recordings and admired as a longtime teacher at the New England Conservatory of Music.