The extended silence Mozart asks for, just before the Countess forgives her husband was especially moving, giving the necessary dramatic weight that Susanna Phillips’ singing alone might not have carried.
Read MoreThe idea of an additional character, a person in mourning for Müller’s protagonist, reading his poems as from a journal, is an ingenious one, giving the text a fresh new tone, and making it reasonable that a woman rather than a man is singing the lines.
Read MoreNina Stemme is unquestionably the finest dramatic soprano of the present time, and it was proven many times over in her work tonight.
Read MoreThe sumptuous sound of the orchestra - who must be thrilled at being freed from the Met’s orchestra pit and placed on the stage of Carnegie Hall, facing what many an artist call the gates of heaven - was in full force.
Read MoreAll three offerings of the evening underscored the many virtues of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Their traditional pristine entrances, deft intonation, and flawless ensemble have never been more evident.
Read MoreTenor Ilker Arcayürek and his remarkable accompanist, Simon Lepper, presented a program of Schubert songs in the newly restored Board of Officers Room at New York’s Park Avenue Armory.
Read MorePropulsive energy is carried along by the guest turn of MacArthur Fellow, Leila Josefowicz, performing Stravinsky’s modernist Violin Concerto in D. An infectious example of a soloist model meets rock star.
Read MoreAnita Rachvelishvili made one understand why Verdi originally intended to name the opera Amneris. Her technique is transcendent, and her luminous voice is at its zenith.
Read MoreThe centerpiece of this season’s opening on Wednesday, featuring the Philadelphia Orchestra, was Gershwin’s enduringly popular “Rhapsody in Blue.” But with Carnegie’s blessing, the performers turned this classic into a shameless gimmick.
Read MoreThe opening of The God’s Entrance into Valhalla was as opulent, dazzling, radiant, as this mind can conceive. A veritable tidal wave of sound filled the theater
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