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Facing an uncertain future, he led a performance to be savoured at the city’s Davies Symphony Hall
Gustavo Dudamel ably conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic, but the cast and Frank Gehry’s designs were the highlights
Breadth and diversity were in evidence as the foursome were joined by performers including Laurie Anderson
Sheila Silver’s long-planned opera strips down its source material effectively, even if the music’s non-western elements are underplayed
The New York Philharmonic brought out the piece’s intimate beauty, alongside Beethoven’s Second Symphony
The composer and film-maker’s six-hour New York concert was a typically distinctive experience
A top-notch cast excels in a story of romance, politics and death from the ‘Nixon in China’ composer
The black female string ensemble played music around the theme of ‘On Being Enslaved’
The conductor led the New York Philharmonic in the first of two programmes, with premieres from female composers
Pieces by composers from South Korea, Japan and China dominated this programme at the Davies Symphony Hall
Beth Morrison Projects presented work from Missy Mazzoli and more in an intimate evening at the Williamsburg performance space
A bright and appealing Lise Davidsen is supported by strong performances in Otto Schenk’s slightly conservative production
Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska is a sure master of an American triptych and an Ashley opera receives a modern twist
The company’s first opera by a black composer offers moments of lyricism in a painful coming-of-age story
Chausson’s opera has its first fully staged US production; plus an outdoor, overly amplified Barber of Seville
The co-founder of the Prototype Festival on the collaborative model staging unique operas by bold young talent
Ahead of the premiere of her new work Con Alma, the composer talks about the joy of exploring and combining styles
The composer’s site-specific piece, recorded by the New York Philharmonic, is an imaginative response to straitened times
The venue opened its 130th anniversary season with a patchwork programme
A video record remains of director Yuval Sharon’s outdoor production exploring the bleaker side of American history
François Girard’s Parsifal was powerful, but his Holländer at the Metropolitan Opera is a flop
The soprano’s performance was part of a programme at Geffen Hall that included Bruckner’s Fourth
This ingeniously staged production is performed at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
Highlights of the opening night in New York were pieces by Ruth Crawford Seeger and Galina Ustvolskaya
Thirteen female composers create a coherent soundscape in a piece given its world premiere in New York
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