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A Musical Modernist’s Newly Polished, Smiling Guise
A three-CD set of music by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, released by the Wergo label, backs up a more expansive view of the artist and is...

America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company
There is no house in the United States dedicated to presenting works from a prominent corner of homegrown music theater repertory.

Review: Two Debuts Make for a Week of Philharmonic Firsts
The Philharmonic began to simulcast concerts on the 50-foot media wall in its lobby. Led by Hannu Lintu, they were some of the best this...

Review: With Owls, Classical Is Alive and Well and Living in a Crypt
The Owls string quartet’s program in a church crypt showed off the ensemble’s unusual make up, with two cellists instead of two violinists.

Review: The Met Brings Back a Shorter, Weaker ‘Don Carlo’
David McVicar’s staging from last season has returned, but in a four-act, Italian-language form. In this case, less is less.

Review: ‘Carmen’ Returns to Its Comic Opera Roots
MasterVoices sheds the typical grand-opera treatment of Bizet’s classic to reveal a sleeker, funnier show.

An Artist Embodies an Approach to Music Without Borders
Steve Lehman’s varied stylistic language draws from classical and jazz traditions as well as funk and hip-hop.

Review: Igor Levit Takes on a Shostakovich Kaleidoscope
The pianist returned to Carnegie Hall with the first complete performance of the 24 Preludes and Fugues there.

Review: Iranian Female Composers Speak Indirectly to the Moment
Planned before anti-regime protests broke out in Iran, a concert centered on connectivity finds itself tied to the news of the day.