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• The Mysteries of the High Baroque

  

  Or we could call it: “Getting a Grip on Handel” but then even less people would take it seriously. by Paul J. Pelkonen Big mssn in s big wig: the composer Georg... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Metropolitan Opera Preview: Parsifal

  

  A wounded king. A community in crisis. A lake of blood. Wagner's final opera returns. by Paul J. Pelkonen Rene Pape (left) and Peter Mattei (center) return to... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: The Man With Three Countries

  

  Stéphane Denève brings Prokofiev back to the Philharmonic. by Paul J. Pelkonen "If you want them to take you seriously you've got to have serious hair." Stéphan... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• A Certain Dark-Eyed Beauty of Romany Extraction

  

  My long relationship with Bizet's Carmen. by Paul J. Pelkonen My Carmen collection: (clockwise from upper left: Victoria de Los Angeles (not pictured), Marilyn... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• 2018-19 Season Preview: A Matter of Taste

  

  The venerable Carnegie Hall has a different flavor next season. by Paul J. Pelkonen The muses dance in an early program book for Carnegie Hall. Image from the... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Welcome to FarmVille

  

  The Cleveland Orchestra turns Haydn's The Seasons. by Paul J. Pelkonen Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra. Photo by Roger Mastroianni © 2017 The... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Treachery, Faith and the Great River

  

  The Cleveland Orchestra sails into Carnegie Hall. by Paul J. Pelkonen White tie and tails: Franz Welser-Möst.Photo by Michael Pöhn for IMG Artists The River... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: We Didn't Start the Pyre

  

  The Metropolitan Opera locks up Il Trovatore. by Paul J. Pelkonen Azucena (Anita Rachvelishvili) pleads with Manrico (Yonghoon Lee) in Act II of Il... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Coming Down to Earth

  

  The Royal Concertgebouw plays Bruch and Mahler. by Paul J. Pelkonen Violinist Janine Jansen played the Bruch Concerto No. 1 at Carnegie Hallon Thursday night.... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: There Are Two Paths You Can Go By

  

  Daniele Gatti climbs Wagner and Bruckner's stairways to heaven. by Paul J. Pelkonen Daniele Gatti at the helm of his inaugural 2017 concert as music director... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Metropolitan Opera Preview: Il Trovatore

  

  The Met revives Verdi's blood-and-thunder masterpiece with an invigorating cast. by Paul J. Pelkonen Man with a plan: tenor Yonghoon Lee sings "Di quella... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: A Not-So-Distant Mirror

  

  The Prototype Festival brings Fellow Travelers to New York. by Paul J. Pelkonen A young, idealistic Fordham Ram: Aaron Blake as Timothy Laughlin in Fellow... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: The Woman Who Played With the Sea

  

  Susanna Mälkki returns to the New York Philharmonic. by Paul J. Pelkonen The conductor Susanna Mälkki returned to the New York Philharmonic this week.Photo by... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: Into Her Hypercube

  

  Prototype premieres Mikael Karlsson's The Echo Drift. by Paul J. Pelkonen Promotional art for The Echo Drift.© 2018 The Prototype Festival/International... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: "Wake, My Beauty, Wake!"

  

  The Prototype Festival unleashes Acquanetta. by Paul J. Pelkonen Image from Acquanetta by Maria Baranova-Suzuki © 2018 Prototype Festival. A hovering, rotating... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: The Mystery of the Deadly Double

  

  Roberto Alagna doubles up in Cav-Pag at the Met. by Paul J. Pelkonen Ekaterina Semenchuk canoodles with Roberto Alagna in Cavelleria Rusticana, before thestar... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Who's for Trifle?

  

  A light program at the Philharmonic with Jeffrey Kahane. by Paul J. Pelkonen Cellist Alisa Weilerstein guested (briefly) with the New York Philharmonic this... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Recordings Review: The Blood is the Life

  

  The Met broadcast of Parsifal on DVD by Paul J. Pelkonen The kiss of life-and death. Katherine Dalayman is atop Jonas Kaufmann in the Met's Parsifal.Photo by Ke... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Metropolitan Opera Preview: L'elisir d'Amore

  

  This Donizetti comedy hits you right in the...grapes. by Paul J. Pelkonen Nowhere man: Matthew Polenzani is Nemorino in L'elisir d'Amore. Photo courtesy the... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Recordings Review: The Roar of the Flowers

  

  Leonard Bernstein's very weird 1973 Carmen. by Paul J. Pelkonen Leonard Bernstein (left) and Marilyn Horne (right) flank the stage director in rehearsals for... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA