Classic Arts Features
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By Larry Rothe | 10/14/2019Highlights include pianist Jonathan Biss performing the complete cycle of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas in seven recitals during the season, which continues through March 2020. -
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By Steve Holt | 10/11/2019The work—composed by Jacob Nissly and performed by Adam Schoenberg—can be heard October 17–19.
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Production Photos
By Nathan Skethway | 10/11/2019The new production of the classic Mozart opera, reset in a recently post-revolutionary America, opens October 11.
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Classic Arts Features
By Tim Munro | 10/09/2019Jelena Dirks makes her first major concerto appearance with the orchestra. Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin leads the October 12 program.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/09/2019The Disney Channel favorite makes her Los Angeles Opera debut as Clara Johnson in the Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas musical.
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By Deborah Jowitt | 10/07/2019The influential work received its NYC Ballet premiere in 1966.
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By Jay Goodwin | 10/03/2019The maestro kicks off with Puccini's Turandot starring Christine Goerke, which begins October 3.
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By Lauren Wingenroth | 10/02/2019The ever-inventive festival promises 20 works over five programs and introduces acclaimed international dance companies October 1–13.
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Obituaries
By Ryan McPhee | 10/01/2019The operatic soprano, who showcased a mastery of myriad styles throughout her career, died September 30.
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Dance Features
By Roberto Araujo | 09/30/2019The Broadway icon shares how ballet has influenced her life.
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Classic Arts Features
By Steve Holt | 09/25/2019Violinist María Dueñas and cellist Oliver Herbert will perform with the orchestra in September and October.
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Classic Arts Features
By James M. Keller | 09/24/2019Weaving together two one-act operas—Schoenberg’s Erwartung (Expectation) and Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle —the orchestra promises an evening of psycho-dramatic exploration September 26–28.
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Classic Arts Features
By Matt Dobkin | 09/23/2019The new production of the Gershwins’ classic opens the Met's season September 23.
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By Terry Trucco | 09/19/2019Choreographers Lauren Lovette and Edwaard Liang talk about the new works they've created for the company.
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Classic Arts Features
By Margie Smith Holt | 09/18/2019WomenNOW is the orchestra's multi-faceted programming initiative and a major pillar of the 2019–2020 season, which opens September 18 with a gala concert starring Audra McDonald.
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Classic Arts Features
By Tim Munro | 09/13/2019Denève opens the season with Gershwin, Ravel, and a world premiere by Kevin Puts September 21–22.
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Classic Arts Features
By Clive Paget | 09/11/2019The orchestra's 2019–20 season, led by Jaap van Zweden, includes a look back at Mahler's New York, and champions new works by contemporary composers.
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Classic Arts News
By Gabriel Agosto, Natan Zamansky | 09/03/2019Many New York performing arts venues and organizations—including the Met Opera and Carnegie Hall—offer rush and inexpensive ticket policies.
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Classic Arts Features
By David Gewirtzman | 09/02/2019The opera and ballet fans' guide to where they can view live broadcasts.
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By Kaitlyn Zafonte | 08/29/2019Lincoln Center’s premier gathering spot for free art kicks off a program full of jazz, dance, and Afrofuturist funk.
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Classic Arts Features
By Dan Meyer | 08/14/2019From Master Class to Farinelli and the King, there have been many plays with opera tie-ins.
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Classic Arts Features
By Bonnie Marie Sauer | 08/06/2019The global exposition helped drive government support for the performing arts venue.
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By Genesis Johnson | 08/01/2019What 2017 Tony-nominated revival is based on a 1904 opera? Which musical adaptation earned Anika Noni Rose a 2019 Lucille Lortel Award?
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From the Archives
By Sheryl Flatow | 08/01/2019Prince spoke to Playbill in 1986 about returning to the Leonard Bernstein musical with an "opera house version."
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Classic Arts Features
By Dan Meyer | 07/29/2019From Porgy and Bess to Sweeney Todd, there’s no shortage of musicals that segue from the musical theatre stage to the opera house.
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Classic Arts Features
Lincoln Center Out of Doors Kicks Off With a Tribute to a Pioneering Series on Black Culture and ArtBy Melissa Haizlip | 07/23/2019Almost 50 years after it was premiered, Lincoln Center looks back to the groundbreaking Soul at the Center July 24.
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Classic Arts Features
By Genesis Johnson | 07/17/2019From a Tennessee Williams classic to Arthur Miller’s bewitching morality tale, some major works from the theatre canon have gone on to inspire opera composers.
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Classic Arts Features
By Kaitlyn Zafonte | 07/16/2019It’s free, it’s in the fresh air, and there’s a world of music to hear.
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Classic Arts Features
By Genesis Johnson | 07/11/2019From Bohème to Bernstein, these classic works each saw their names in lights.
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By David Cote | 07/10/2019The production deploys a silent film aesthetic and runs July 17–20.
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Classic Arts Features
By Mario Mercado | 06/27/2019The ABT Incubator, which started last fall, aims to cultivate new choreographers with fresh ideas.
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By Eileen Willis | 06/24/2019The season opens with an evening of 1920s big-band swing and runs June 25–July 13.
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Classic Arts Features
By Tim Munro | 06/20/2019Psycho and Casablanca will be performed by the orchestra June 22 and 23.
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Classic Arts Features
By Philadelphia Orchestra Staff | 06/20/2019Academy Award nominees Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan join an all-star cast from the worlds of opera and Broadway for this symphonic staging of Bernstein's operetta June 20–22.
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Video
By Ruthie Fierberg | 06/13/2019Follow the dancers of the famed company around the studio in this excerpt of Robert Battle’s “Juba.”
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Classic Arts Features
By Jen Peters | 06/11/2019The company performs at Lincoln Center and presents the Ailey Spirit Gala, featuring the rising stars of tomorrow, June 12–16.
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Classic Arts Features
By Monica Parks | 06/10/2019Copland, Rachmaninoff, and some "Very Young Composers" are on the program for the concerts, performed in all five boroughs June 11–16.
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By Diane Nottle | 06/07/2019Director Rimas Tuminas’ production of Lermontov’s verse drama, featuring acclaimed Russian actors, is presented by the Cherry Orchard Festival at New York City Center from June 13 to 16.
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Classic Arts Features
By Robert Johnson | 06/07/2019Choreographer Boris Eifman's latest ballet is inspired by ballroom dancing and runs June 7–9.
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Classic Arts Features
By Elana Estrin | 06/07/2019The orchestra closes its season with the premiere of David Lang's prisoner of the state, an opera that makes theatrical use of the musicians.
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Classic Arts Features
By Scott H. Thompson | 06/06/2019An array of world-class musicians will perform beginning June 11 through the end of August.
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Classic Arts Features
By Damian Fowler | 06/03/2019The production incorporates dialogue from Christopher Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage, and runs June 4, 5, 7, and 8.
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Classic Arts Features
By Chava Pearl Lansky | 06/03/2019The American Ballet Theatre presents Cathy Marston's ballet as a part of its Women's Movement series beginning June 4.
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By Ryan McPhee | 05/30/2019Kimberly Reed, Laura Kaminsky, and Mark Campbell's As One, at New York City Opera, uses two singers to bring a fictional trans woman to life.
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Classic Arts Features
By Charles Isherwood | 05/28/2019The groundbreaking classic from the '70s is a featured part of the American Ballet Theatre's Tharp Trio performances beginning May 30.
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By Clive Barnes | 05/28/2019George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns to New York City Ballet May 28 to June 2.
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Classic Arts Features
By John Rockwell | 05/22/2019Jaap van Zweden and the orchestra conclude a first season together with the Music of Conscience from May 22.
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Interview
By Mark Peikert | 05/15/2019Howard talks about bringing the opera superstar's story to cinemas this June.
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Classic Arts Features
By Scott H. Thompson | 05/15/2019The maestro of the Hammond B-3 organ makes his debut with the jazz orchestra in Rose Theater on May 17–18.
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By Gail Wein | 05/15/2019The May 19 program features Liszt's Dante Symphony as well as Rossini's Stabat Mater.
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