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Review: ‘The Hours’ Will Bring Renée Fleming Back to the Met

Kevin Puts’s new opera had its premiere in a Philadelphia Orchestra concert presentation before coming to New York this fall.

When the Orchestra Is the Star of the Opera

Singers tended to fade into the background in a concert presentation of “Wozzeck” and some productions at the Metropolitan Opera.

Review: With Anthems and Flags, the Met Opera Plays for Ukraine

A concert to benefit relief efforts featured a young Ukrainian singer, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and the Met’s prima donna of the moment.

Review: At Carnegie, Going Beyond the Rapid-Fire Vivaldi

Jupiter, a young ensemble from France, made its Carnegie Hall debut with a variety of moods and the gifted mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre.

Review: Gustavo Dudamel Could Be the New York Philharmonic’s Future

As the orchestra searches for a new leader, this superstar conductor led the first of two programs pairing Schumann symphonies with new works.

Review: A Soprano’s Sound Floods the Met in ‘Ariadne’

Lise Davidsen unleashed rare grandeur of tone throughout her range in the title role of Strauss’s opera.

Valery Gergiev and Anna Netrebko's Putin Ties Threaten Their Careers

The Russian conductor Valery Gergiev and the diva Anna Netrebko have lost engagements because of their ties to Putin, as geopolitics and music collide once...

Review: ‘Don Carlos’ Finally Brings French Verdi to the Met

Yannick Nézet-Séguin led the sprawling masterpiece, which is being presented by the company for the first time in its original language.

Review: A Pianist Explores Mozart the Late Bloomer

Víkingur Ólafsson made his Carnegie Hall debut with a hypnotically unfurling program based on his recent album “Mozart and Contemporaries.”

Review: At Rothko Chapel, a Composer Is Haunted by a Hero

Tyshawn Sorey’s “Monochromatic Light (Afterlife),” for the 50th anniversary of the Houston space, closely echoes Morton Feldman’s “Rothko Chapel.”