Best Classical Music Performances of 2023
Posted inClassical Music Davidsen, Lise Emerson String Quartet Gay Guerrilla (Musical Work) Gerhaher, Christian Goosby, Randall Henri VIII (Opera) Indra's Net (Musical Work) Lara, Felipe (1979- ) LElisir dAmore (Musical Work) Lim, Yunchan Los Angeles Philharmonic Monk, Meredith Mostly Mozart Festival Netrebko, Anna New York Philharmonic Opera Saariaho, Kaija Sandbox Percussion (Music Group) Seven Pillars (Musical Work) Stranger Love (Opera) Tao of Glass (Play) Treemonisha (Opera) Two Thousand Twenty Three Uchida, Mitsuko Wang, Yuja (1987- ) War and Peace (Opera)

Best Classical Music Performances of 2023

Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures.
An Oratorio About Shanghai’s Jews Opens in China at a Difficult Time
Posted inCampbell, Mark (Librettist) Classical Music Emigre (Musical Work) Ginstling, Gary International Relations Jews and Judaism Long Yu (1964- ) New York Philharmonic Refugees and Displaced Persons Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

An Oratorio About Shanghai’s Jews Opens in China at a Difficult Time

“Émigré,” about Jews who fled Nazi Germany, debuts amid U.S.-China tensions and cultural rifts over the Israel-Hamas war. It comes to New York in February.