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Met’s “Kavalier & Clay” mixes stunning production with largely lightweight music

Andrzej Filończyk (left) and Myles Mykkanen in Mason Bates’ The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan ...
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Organist Jacobs illuminates Bach’s “Art of Fugue” in living color

The organist sat motionless on the bench for a long minute, letting the listener contemplate the meaning of that incomplete ...
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Mäkelä and Concertgebouw signal the start of a beautiful friendship in DC

Klaus Mäkelä conducted the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Sunday at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. File photo: Marco Borggreve Klaus Mäkelä will become chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw ...
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Three finalists take impressive last shots in Cliburn Competition

Evren Ozel performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Marin Alsop and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Friday night at the Van Cliburn Piano Competition in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer It was ...
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Tapped as Chicago Symphony music director, Klaus Mäkelä makes an exhilarating stand with Shostakovich

Klaus Mäkelä conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday night. Photo: Todd Rosenberg Even so the 28-year-old maestro was welcomed upon his entrance Thursday night at Orchestra Hall with ...
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Hrůša, Bamberg Symphony deliver a memorable evening of Brahms and Wagner in Boston

Jakub Hrůša conducted the Bamberg Symphony Tuesday night at Symphony Hall. Photo: Ian Ehm There’s nothing like making up for lost time. That, on the one hand, is what the Bamberg Symphony did in their ...
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Dello Joio’s captivating concerto receives sterling premiere from Ohlsson, Gilbert & BSO

Though the Boston Symphony Orchestra didn’t advertise it as such, Thursday night’s concert with Alan Gilbert at Symphony Hall was essentially an evening of premieres. There was, for one, the unveiling ...
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Muti wraps the Chicago Symphony’s season with a powerful Verdi Requiem (again)

Riccardo Muti conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Verdi’s Requiem with soloists Elena Guseva (left) and Marianne Crebassa. Photo: Todd Rosenberg When the current Chicago Symphony ...
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Dover Quartet brings its first-class artistry to Miami

The Dover Quartet performed Monday night at the University of Miami’s Newman Recital Hall. Photo: Izzi Guzman The Dover Quartet has received critical acclaim as one of the finest chamber music groups ...
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Utah Symphony’s cautious opening proves a moving experience

Thierry Fischer opened the Utah Symphony’s season with a program of music for strings Thursday night at Abravanel Hall. Photo: Kathleen Sykes The Utah Symphony opened its 2020-21 season on time ...
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Santa Fe Opera rounds out comeback season with brilliant Verdi and Wagner

Quinn Kelsey stars in the title role of Verdi’s Falstaff at Santa Fe Opera. Photo: Curtis Brown The most complex works on the stage this summer at Santa Fe Opera came at the end of the first full week ...
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Dubious “Dutchman” and trenchant “Tosca” refract two classics through modern lenses at Santa Fe Opera

Nicholas Brownlee and Elza van den Heever in Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman at Santa Fe Opera. Photo: Curtis Brown/SFO General director Robert Meya has given Wagner fans cause to rejoice: Santa Fe Opera ...