Those are not on review.
5.1.2025
Elīna Garanča’s Amneris embodies dignity and formality, celebrating true beauty: Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Met Orchestra’s fantastic full-on New Aida by Michael Mayer. Amartuvshin Enkhbat’s Amonasro was remarkable.
5.2.2025
Nina Stemme, Soprano, and Roland Pöntinen, Piano, at Carnegie Hall
Program
ELGAR Sea Pictures
WEILL/BRECHT "Surabaya Johnny" from Happy End
WEILL/BRECHT "Nannas Lied"
WEILL "Je ne t'aime pas"
WEILL "Youkali"
RICHARD WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder
- Stehe still!
- Der Engel
- Im Treibhaus
- Schmerzen
- Träume
LISZT Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (arr. for voice and piano after Wagner)
Encores:
SIBELIUS "Var det en dröm?," Op. 37, No. 4
WEILL "My Ship" from Lady in the Dark
Nina Stemme (b. 1963, Stockholm) is a world-renowned Swedish dramatic soprano, celebrated as one of the greatest Wagnerian voices of her era. After winning Plácido Domingo’s Operalia competition in 1993, she rose to prominence in the world’s leading opera houses—including the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Vienna State Opera, and Bayreuth—where her powerful portrayals of roles such as Isolde, Brünnhilde, Elektra, Salome, and Turandot earned her international acclaim. Especially famous for her interpretation of Isolde in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, which she performed over 120 times, Stemme concluded her journey with the role in June 2025 in Philadelphia under Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Honored with awards such as the Laurence Olivier and Gramophone Awards, and named Kammersängerin in Vienna, she continues to shape the operatic stage by moving into less vocally demanding but dramatically rich roles, securing her legacy as one of opera’s most compelling and enduring artists.
5.3.2025
Juilliard415 and Lionel Meunier, Director, collaboration, new explosion of Handel Power, with Soloists from the Marcus Institute of Vocal Arts, Page Michels, Soprano, Luna Seongeun Park, Soprano, Shiyu Zhuo, Soprano, Michael John Butler, Tenor, Juilliard Community Chorus, Adrian O. Rodríguez, Choral Director
Program
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) From Concerto Grosso in A Major, Op. 6,
No. 11, HWV 329 (1739)
HANDEL Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89 (1736)
HANDEL Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76 (1739)
5.4.2025
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano, at Carnegie Hall
Program
J.P. SWEELINCK Echo fantasia in Dorian, SwWV 261
CARTER Night Fantasies
CHOPIN Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat Major
MOZART Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475
C. P. E. BACH Fantasia in C Major, Wq. 59, No. 6
BEETHOVEN Fantasia in G Minor, Op. 77
IVES The Celestial Railroad
Encore:
VITALY GODZIATSKY Fractured Surfaces
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (born 1957) is a French pianist renowned for his interpretations of both contemporary and classical repertoire. A student of the Paris Conservatoire, he launched his career at 17 as a founding member of Pierre Boulez’s Ensemble Intercontemporain. Aimard has been closely associated with composers such as György Ligeti and Olivier Messiaen, championing their works with intellectual clarity and expressive depth. Equally respected for his performances of Bach, Beethoven, and other classical masters, he is admired for combining precision with imagination. As a soloist, Aimard appears with leading orchestras and festivals worldwide, while also contributing as a dedicated teacher and mentor in the musical world.
5.15.2025
Antony and Cleopatra at Met Opera
Conductor, John Adams, and Production, Elkhanah Pulitzer
Thanks Chirle!
5.28.2025
Evgeny Kissin and Friends: The Shostakovich Sonatas at Carnegie Hall
Evgeny Kissin, Piano, Gidon Kremer, Violin, Maxim Rysanov, Viola, Gautier Capuçon, Cello
Program
ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM
Cello Sonata
Violin Sonata
Viola Sonata
6.8.2025
Casts,
Stuart Skelton Tenor (Tristan, a Breton nobleman, adopted heir of King Marke)
Nina Stemme Soprano (Isolde, an Irish princess betrothed to King Marke)
Karen Cargill Mezzo-Soprano (Brangäne, Isolde’s maid)
Brian Mulligan Baritone (Kurwenal, Tristan’s friend)
Tareq Nazmi Bass (King Marke, King of Cornwall)
Freddie Ballentine Tenor (Melot, a courtier)
Jonghyun Park Tenor (A Sailor’s Voice/A Shepherd)
Nathan Schludecker Baritone (A Steersman)
Tenors and Basses of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir (Sailors, knights, and esquires)
Donald Palumbo Director
With its portrayals of unbridled passion and cold-hearted revenge, Wagner’s opera scandalized audiences at its 1865 premiere, but this masterwork proved to be one of the most influential scores ever written, inspiring generations of composers. In this rare concert performance, you’ll hear every detail and nuance of this richly harmonic score, as Yannick leads the Orchestra and a cast of some of the world’s great singers.
The cast of top opera stars includes two artists known for their characterizations of the romantic leads. Soprano Nina Stemme has inhabited the role of Isolde, capturing the fury and longing of a woman trapped; a magnificent performer declared by The Telegraph as “without question… today’s greatest dramatic soprano.” Tenor Stuart Skelton is world-renowned for his portrayal of Tristan, the seafaring adventurer caught in an impossible love triangle, winning reviews like this one from The Independent: “Stuart Skelton’s superbly mellifluous, heroic tenor is ample reason by itself to see the show.”
6.12.2025
The Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
Elza van den Heever, Soprano
*The concertmaster, David Chen’s last
Program
ALL-R. STRAUSS PROGRAM
Der Rosenkavalier Suite
"Zueignung," Op. 10, No. 1
"Wiegenlied," Op. 41, No. 1
"Allerseelen," Op. 10, No. 8
"Cäcilie," Op. 27, No. 2
"Befreit," Op. 39, No. 4
Ein Heldenleben
7.23.2025
Folklore and Legends, Summer for the City
Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Jess Gillam, saxophone
Emilie Mayer Faust Overture
Anna Clyne Glasslands (New York premiere)
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor