Review: A Fierce Soprano Arrives at the Met in ‘Madama Butterfly’
Asmik Grigorian, a star singer abroad, made her Metropolitan Opera debut by lending lyricism, complexity and spontaneity to a classic role.
By Joshua Barone
Asmik Grigorian, a star singer abroad, made her Metropolitan Opera debut by lending lyricism, complexity and spontaneity to a classic role.
By Joshua Barone
Dudamel, the New York Philharmonic’s incoming music and artistic director, stepped in after a guest conductor fell ill.
By Oussama Zahr
Celebrated for his long tenure with Lyric Opera of Chicago, he led this and other orchestras with force and a notably energetic podium presence.
By Adam Nossiter
Costanzo will be a rare figure in classical music: an artist in his prime who is also working as an administrator.
By Javier C. Hernández
Yunchan Lim’s collection of Chopin piano études, a new recording of Terry Riley’s “In C” and works by Marc-André Hamelin are among the highlights.
The opera-oratorio, an alternate Nativity story, featured a flurry of Met debuts, including the director Lileana Blain-Cruz and the conductor Marin Alsop.
By Oussama Zahr
He will begin a four-year term as the orchestra’s music director in the 2025-26 season, succeeding Louis Langrée.
By Javier C. Hernández
Peter Gordon, who studied with Terry Riley, has always made music that is surprising but accessible. Now he’s starting his own record label.
By Rob Tannenbaum
The challenge for Montana Levi Blanco, the Tony-winning costume designer for John Adams’s oratorio, was how to keep straight so many Marys.
By Louis Lucero II
In an interview, Blain-Cruz explained why an oratorio like John Adams and Peter Sellars’s “El Niño” is more difficult to stage than the usual opera.
By Joshua Barone and Lila Barth
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