Pianist Jeremy Denk performed a recital Monday night at Town Hall. It was ladies on one side, gentlemen on the other at Jeremy Denk’s recital in The Town Hall Sunday afternoon. No, the pianist didn’t ...

With conductor Harry Bicket and an invariably deep and talented cast of singers, their concerts are the chance in New York City to hear the wonders of Handel’s operas and oratorios played at a very ...

Gustavo Dudamel conducted the New York Philharmonic in music of Beethoven and Rzewski Thursday night. Photo: Chris Lee Music from the past remains relevant to the present, and revolutionary music ...

Kent Tritle conducted the Musica Sacra chorus and orchestra (strings, piano, harp, organ and percussion), with soprano Susanna Phillips and baritone John Moore, in vivid settings of 17 poems—some ...

Beauty is an odd but real issue. Philadelphia has one of the most beautiful orchestral sounds, but it still doesn’t quite have a Mahler sound—though it got much closer Tuesday night than previously.

Ailyn Pérez in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera Now in its 20th season, Anthony Minghella’s 2006 production of Madama Butterfly still retains its ...

Séguin, leading this work for the first time, and lastly Sharon’s staging, which was hit or miss (mostly the latter) all night. The star of the night was Davidsen as Isolde. She delivered a stellar, ...

This is, quite simply, one of the finest song cycles in classical music, an equal to the famous ones from Schumann, Schubert, and other European composers. This is also a great American work, with ...