Classic Arts Features
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Classic Arts Features
By Mary Jo Heath | 04/18/2019The Swiss conductor is back at the Met Opera to lead this season's Ring cycle. -
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By Djassi DaCosta Johnson | 04/11/2019The company's performances—dedicated to the late Arthur Mitchell, the co-founder of DTH—continue through April 13.
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By Christopher Browner | 04/11/2019Michael Mayer's new production of the Verdi masterpiece, starring tenor Stephen Costello as Alfredo and Plácido Domingo and Artur Rucińsk sharing the role of Germont, continues through April 27.
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By David Gewirtzman | 04/08/2019The opera and ballet fans' guide to where they can view live broadcasts.
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By Jay Goodwin | 04/02/2019These outstanding singers join the cast via the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
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By Lauren Wingenroth | 04/02/2019Osipova's Pure Dance is a handpicked program of classical and contemporary works through April 7.
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By Jay Goodwin | 03/26/2019The dramatic soprano reflects on the challenges of this epic role and how she plans to handle a Ring week, with three complete cycles running through May 11.
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By Susan Reiter | 03/22/2019Highlights include Harlequin and Pantalone choreographed by Bill Irwin March 28–30.
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By Metropolitan Opera Staff | 03/20/2019These jet-setting dogs have a backstage pass to the world's greatest opera houses.
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By Rebecca Winzenried | 03/15/2019The decades-long relationship between Adams and the orchestra continues as the composer returns as a curator of new works.
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By Thomas May | 03/12/2019The work receives its world premiere at Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall March 17.
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By Gail Wein | 03/08/2019Rana's March 12 program includes works by Chopin, Ravel, and Stravinsky.
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By Jay Goodwin | 03/07/2019Wagner’s four-installment epic returns to the Met for the first time since the 2012–13 season, with three complete cycles, beginning March 9.
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By Jeff Tamarkin | 03/07/2019There are more than 100 festival events across New York City between March 9 and April 15.
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Video
By Playbill Staff | 03/07/2019A host of theatre favorites lend their voices to more operatic works.
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Classic Arts Features
By Clive Paget | 03/05/2019Zhao Lin’s composition, A Happy Excursion, receives its first U.S. performances March 6.
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Classic Arts News
By Gabriel Agosto, John Curtis | 03/05/2019Many New York performing arts venues and organizations—including the Met Opera and Carnegie Hall—offer rush and inexpensive ticket policies.
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By Jeremy Geffen | 02/28/2019Thile will be joined by musical guests for his Live From Here Carnegie Hall appearance on March 9.
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Opera
By Nathan Skethway | 02/28/2019The Grammy Award-winning opera from Mason Bates and Mark Campbell runs through March 9 at Seattle Center.
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Classic Arts Features
By Scott H. Thompson | 02/27/2019This noir-inspired tale features an all-star cast, including Kurt Elling, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Ben Vereen March 1–2.
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Dance Features
By Mark Peikert | 02/25/2019The double bill, featuring choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, began its U.K. tour February 23.
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Photos
By Nathan Skethway | 02/22/2019The new production from Artistic Director Stanton Welch begins performances February 21.
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By Christopher Browner | 02/21/2019The South African singer makes her role debut as Nannetta February 22.
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By Scott H. Thompson | 02/19/2019All-star pianists gather to pay musical tribute to the legendary musician February 22–23.
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By Gail Wein | 02/14/2019The musician makes his New York Philharmonic subscription debut along with Pintscher, who will conduct February 21–23.
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By Terry Trucco | 02/14/2019The artist's work is on view at the David H. Koch Theater February 16–24, as well as a remaining Art Series performance on March 2.
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Dance Features
By Roberto Araujo | 02/13/2019The former New York City Ballet dancer choreographed Broadway's An American In Paris in 2015.
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Classic Arts Features
By Matt Dobkin | 02/12/2019The Tony-nominated actor appears in Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment running at the Met through March 2.
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By Jay Goodwin | 02/12/2019Rigoletto—the Met Opera's neon-bedecked production—returns this season from February 12.
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By Joshunda Sanders | 02/06/2019Musical Connections is an outreach project that offers inmates creative opportunities.
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By Ryan McPhee | 02/05/2019Playbill shadowed the Russian soprano at the prestigious house as she prepared to make her Met debut in Mozart's Don Giovanni.
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By Jeremy Geffen | 02/01/2019Her six-concert Perspectives series will showcase artistic collaborations with friends and mentors.
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By Jay Goodwin | 01/29/2019Finley appears in Bartók’s dark opera through February 14.
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By Scott H. Thompson | 01/23/2019The six-movement jazz suite is performed for one night only at Jazz at Lincoln Center's The Appel Room January 26.
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By Charles M. Joseph | 01/22/2019Playbill revisits a 2012 essay exploring the partnership between the legendary composer and NYCB co-founder.
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By Ken Smith | 01/18/2019The composition is inspired by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 that killed more than 100 immigrants.
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By Steve Holt | 01/16/2019The German-Canadian cellist reveals the process of working with composers and orchestras and how life experience is essential to artistic growth. Moser performs the Lutosławski’s Cello Concerto January 24–26.
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By Janet E. Bedell | 01/16/2019SongStudio is designed to mentor emerging singers and collaborative pianists.
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By Stuart Isacoff | 01/11/2019The two artists are reuniting with Jaap van Zweden and the orchestra for performances in January.
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By Lauren Wingenroth | 01/10/2019The Hague-based contemporary dance troupe kicks off its U.S. tour in New York January 16–19.
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By William Berger | 01/03/2019Sir David McVicar’s new staging embraces Francesco Cilea’s glamorous 18th-century Parisian setting but also mines for deeper artistic significance.
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By Matt Dobkin | 12/27/2018With the start of the 2018–2019 season, Nézet-Séguin became a central part of the company, taking on the role of the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director.
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Classic Arts Features
By Jen Peters | 12/21/2018Performances continue at New York City Center through December, culminating in a special season finale on December 30.
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By Terry Trucco | 12/20/2018Four young dancers on their roles in the holiday favorite at New York City Ballet.
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By Scott H. Thompson | 12/14/2018The musician and his band are joined by special guests Bill Frisell and Lucinda Williams December 14–15.
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Classic Arts Features
By Paul J. Horsley | 12/13/2018Gian Carlo Menotti's beloved 1951 work is considered to be the first opera composed for television.
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By Stephen Raskauskas | 12/11/2018By exploring historical instruments and techniques to play them, pioneers of the early music revival have opened up new worlds of sound. A new series of concerts kicks off at Weill Recital Hall on December 12.
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Classic Arts Features
By Naomi Lewin | 12/10/2018With a roster of great soloists, the orchestra presents this perennial favorite December 11–15.
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By Peter W. Goodman | 12/06/2018The master of German art songs, Goerne will perform works by Schubert and Strauss in concerts December 6–8.
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By Ryan McPhee | 12/04/2018After his Rat Pack-era Rigoletto, the Tony winner returns to the Metropolitan Opera for a comparatively traditional take on another Verdi classic.
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