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Review: ‘Florencia’ Brings Spanish Back to the Met Opera

Starring Ailyn Pérez, Daniel Catán’s heavily perfumed “Florencia en el Amazonas,” from 1996, is the company’s first work by a Latin American composer.

By Zachary Woolfe

Childs, Lucinda Classical Music Davies, Dennis Russell Geffen, David, Hall (Manhattan, NY) Glass, Philip Joyce Theater Namekawa, Maki Peck, Justin

Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes: A Diary of an Influential Life

Begun to improve his own technique, piano exercises that Glass wrote over decades are the subject this month of a new book, a concert and dances.

By Joshua Barone

Classical Music Dancing Monk, Meredith New York City Park Avenue Armory (Manhattan, NY) Peck, Justin

Park Avenue Armory Will Host ‘Illinoise’ and ‘Indra’s Net’ in 2024

The Armory’s upcoming season also includes the North American premiere of ‘Inside Light.’

By Christopher Kuo

China Classical Music International Relations Philadelphia Orchestra

Ahead of APEC Summit, Musicians from Philadelphia Orchestra Tour China

The visit, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the orchestra’s pathbreaking 1973 visit to Beijing, drew praise from President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China.

By Javier C. Hernandez