Last week’s New York Philharmonic program offered another good test of the new David Geffen Hall acoustics. Earlier programs embraced a wide range of repertory, both as an attestation of the orchestra’s fresh efforts at diversity and … » Read

LONDON—Life met art on November 3 although few spectators realized it at the time. Gilbert and Sullivan, arch dissectors of the 19 th -century’s ruling classes, reached into the 21st as English National Opera mounted a rare production … » Read

Last summer, a surge of coronavirus cases among Teatro Nuovo personnel led to the cancellation of the company’s brief, two-opera season. Happily, and as promised, it finally came to light on November 2, with Rossini’s Maometto … » Read

SAN DIEGO—At the center of El último sueño de Frida y Diego ( The Last Dream of Frida and Diego ), Frida Kahlo decides to cross over from the underworld and return to the realm of the living. It’s a conceit that cries … » Read

LONDON—On October 28, the Southbank Center was presenting the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the only international orchestra to grace the venue this year, and yet the Festival Hall was so undersubscribed that the balcony had … » Read

LONDON--Staging something as airy as a collection of Elizabethan lute songs might risk over-egging a delicate pudding, but in the sensitive hands of director Netia Jones it makes perfect expressive sense. Doubly so when interpreted by British … » Read

Two major works by women composers were the principal attraction of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s concert led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Carnegie Hall on Friday evening (October 28). Neither was a world premiere or at all new, … » Read

MONTREAL--A powerful sense of interculturalism dominated this year's edition of the Azrieli Music Prizes. Two of the three works showcased at the October 20 prize-winners gala concert were written by immigrants to Canada, and both blended Western … » Read

Some of the most refined and purposeful singing heard today is in the early music community, as exemplified by Vox Luminis in two concerts on consecutive days that were high points in the New York season. In fact, the group actually eclipsed its … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO--Ars Minerva, the seven-year-old company that has made a name for itself in the Bay Area by reviving forgotten Baroque operas, has held up its reputation for musical verve and theatrical cheekiness with its latest offering, … » Read