On Nico Muhly’s Marnie and Puccini’s Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, and, at Carnegie Hall, the Czech Philharmonic under Semyon Bychkov, the violinist Maxim Vengerov in recital, and the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev.
On opening nights at the New York Philharmonic; Samson and Delilah, La bohème, and Aida at the Metropolitan Opera; Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony; Jonas Kaufmann and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; and Daniel Hyde at Saint Thomas Church’s new organ.
On performances at the Salzburg Festival, including the conductor Teodor Currentzis with musicAeterna, the violinist Albena Danailova with other members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the pianist Yuja Wang and the percussionist Martin Grubinger, the pianist Grigory Sokolov, the operas L’incoronazione di Poppea and Salome, and the conductor Herbert Blomstedt with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
On the pianist Yekwon Sunwoo at the International Keyboard Institute & Festival and the guitarist Jiji, the harpsichordist-conductor Richard Egarr, the pianist-conductor Christian Zacharias, the soprano Rosa Feola, and the pianist Paul Lewis at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center.
On a harpsichord recital by Mahan Esfahani, concerts conducted by Manfred Honeck and Mariss Jansons, a piano recital by Daniil Trifonov, a Bach concert led by Bernard Labadie, and a duo recital by Sol Gabetta (cello) and Bertrand Chamayou (piano).
On a new violin concerto, stagings at the Metropolitan Opera, and concerts by the Bavarian State Opera, led by Kirill Petrenko.
On performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Alexandre Tharaud, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Ying Fang, Nicolas Altstaedt and Fazil Say at Carnegie Hall; Emmanuel Pahud at the 92nd Street Y; and the New York Philharmonic.
On Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, and, at Carnegie Hall, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Denis Matsuev, Janine Jansen, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the Cleveland Orchestra, and Marilyn Horne.
On the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
On Daniil Trifonov at Carnegie Hall; Massenet’s Thaïs and the Verdi Requiem at the Metropolitan Opera; a new piece by John Luther Adams, performed by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center & Sharon Isbin at the 92nd Street Y.
