

Zachary Woolfe
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Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York
The 19-year-old musician made his New York Philharmonic debut with a powerful yet poetic performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto.

Review: At the Met, a New ‘Don Giovanni’ Has a Stark Vitality
An excellent cast brings heat to Ivo van Hove’s austere, agile staging of Mozart’s classic, starring Peter Mattei and conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann.

Les Arts Florissants Returns to New York, Endangered
William Christie’s early-music ensemble, once a staple at Lincoln Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, finds a new home in Carnegie Hall.

Review: In ‘La Bohème’ at the Met, the Star Is in the Pit
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the company’s music director, is conducting a beloved production of Puccini’s perennial classic for the first time.

Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History
Terence Blanchard’s jazz-inflected work tells the real-life story of the boxer Emile Griffith, haunted by guilt when an opponent died after a fight.

Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Turns Lorca Into Death-Haunted Opera
Osvaldo Golijov’s poetic 2003 work is being presented in a new production at Detroit Opera that will travel to the Metropolitan Opera.

Angela Gheorghiu, Diva of the Old School, Is Back at the Met Opera
The strong-willed singer, returning in “Tosca,” was long one of the Metropolitan Opera’s star sopranos. But in the past decade, her appearances have been rare.

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Reveals Himself: As a Composer
After more than two decades at the forefront of electronic dance music (while in a robot-style helmet), the French artist is releasing “Mythologies,” a score...

Review: A Concerto Makes Two Soloists a Many-Tentacled Creature
Felipe Lara’s sensational Double Concerto, with Claire Chase and Esperanza Spalding, was played by the New York Philharmonic under Susanna Mälkki.

An ‘Obsession’ With Philip Glass Inspires a Director’s Memory Play
In “Tao of Glass,” Phelim McDermott, who has directed three Glass operas, turns to his personal history with the composer’s work.