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The conductor led the Staatskapelle Berlin through the four symphonies at Carnegie Hall
Daniel Catán’s piece is inspired by Gabriel García Márquez and featured an excellent Ailyn Pérez
Joyce DiDonato is lustrous in Jake Heggie’s opera, which tells of a nun-prisoner relationship
Randall Goosby is paired with the Philadelphia Orchestra in a new Decca recording
The composer’s first opera comes to New York after the success of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’
After a near two-decade absence, Wagner’s opera returns with Piotr Beczała as the mysterious hero
Kevin Puts’s score could do with more energy, but the drama of three women’s lives is compelling
From Nocturnes and Neapolitan songs to rediscovered operas and epic piano pieces, our critic’s picks of the year
Marina Rebeka’s Vitellia is a firestorm of high notes, while Joyce DiDonato gives Sesto a luminous sound
The soprano’s performance is one of the virtues of this revival of Patrice Chéreau’s staging
If this production of Wagner’s opera has a hero, it is conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
This latest instalment delivers trim orchestral playing, extra vocal decorations and an inventive fortepiano continuo
Yannick Nézet-Séguin led an imaginative evening with young pianist Jan Lisiecki the standout
A new, high-energy work by the trumpet player known as Hannibal had its world premiere
Though embroiled in a labour dispute, the orchestra performed splendidly
Once seen as a touchy-feely protest work, this musically diverse piece has irrepressible energy
The Met’s staging of Verdi’s opera was dim, grim and sparse, with stiff acting and pitch problems
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