Oussama Zahr
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Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music
Players from the ensemble came to New York to perform works by Bach, Telemann and Johann Gottlieb Janitsch at the 92nd Street Y, New York.
Review: An Orchestra Falters in Schubert’s ‘Great’ Symphony
Bernard Labadie and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s returned to Carnegie Hall in a program that also included a Mozart piano concerto with Emanuel Ax.
Review: A Young Pianist Finds His Way to Carnegie Hall
Mao Fujita’s playing had a prettiness all its own, but he didn’t connect profoundly with all the composers on his largely safe program.
Review: Met Opera’s ‘Dialogues des Carmélites’ Revival
This revival of John Dexter’s production of “Dialogues des Carmélites” features a tightly knit cast led by the full-voiced soprano Ailyn Pérez.
Review: Songs That Defy the ‘Quotidian Nature of Evil’
The composer Shawn Okpebholo has created a song cycle that imagines the inner lives of fugitives from American slavery.
Review: ‘The Magic Flute’ Directs Its Whimsy Toward the Younger Set
Julie Taymor’s version of Mozart’s opera, a fairy tale of puppets and plexiglass, achieves its finest form in the Met’s condensed version for families.
Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’
Two performances, at Trinity Church Wall Street and the New York Philharmonic, were similar yet showed how beauty emerges in divergence.
Review: J’Nai Bridges Brings Her Splendid Sound to an Eclectic Recital
The mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges performed at the 92nd Street Y, joined by the pianist Mark Markham and the Catalyst Quartet.
Review: At the Met Opera, a Tenor Arrives in ‘Rigoletto’
Benjamin Bernheim filled the auditorium with a sound that was powerful, beautiful and intelligent.
Review: Davóne Tines Hones the Recital Form to a Fine Point
This bass-baritone made his Carnegie Hall debut with his carefully curated, personal “Recital No. 1: MASS.”