Conductor Antonio Pappano, on Top and Learning on the Job
Antonio Pappano, who leads the London Symphony Orchestra, feels like he is always “playing catch-up” because he skipped music school.
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Royal Opera House’s Music Director Leaves His Mark
Antonio Pappano says the London house, where he is wrapping up 22 years as music director, “will always be my home.”
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Review: This London ‘Ring’ Is on the Met Opera’s Radar
It’s not stage-filling spectacle, but Barrie Kosky’s version of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold,” the start of a four-opera epic, is eerie, vivid and intense.
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Best Classical Music Performances of 2022
The concert world, seemingly back to normal, saw Ukrainian musicians banding together, a new “Ring” at Bayreuth, and the opening of the revamped David Geffen Hall.