Carnegie Hall, New York - New York
25 April 2024

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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Boston Symphony Orchestra


No. of reviews: 6

Passion, savagery and humor
3 Feb 24 / Bachtrack
Shock of Shostakovich is tempered in concert sans lurid stage action
3 Feb 24 / Classical Voice North America
Singing for herself and the boys in the band
2 Feb 24 / parterre box
It is a special pleasure to hear one of the hardest operas of the twentieth-century repertoire
30 Jan 24 / OperaWire
That with music loud and long
30 Jan 24 / parterre box
Heavy metal Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony
30 Jan 24 / Bachtrack
Rodelinda

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 6

The English Concert brought an unusually gripping Rodelinda to Carnegie Hall
24 Dec 23 / New York Observer
There is a strong case to be made that George Fridrich Handel is the composer most suited to the present moment
20 Dec 23 / parterre box
Leading a uniformly splendid cast was Lucy Crowe in the title role
20 Dec 23 / Classical Source
The English Concert vuelve al Carnegie Hall con "Rodelinda"
17 Dec 23 / Opera World (Spanish)
The tangled Baroquery of Handel’s ‘Rodelinda,’ made clear and brilliant
16 Dec 23 / Classical Voice North America
Crowe, Davies lead English Concert’s rarefied “Rodelinda”
16 Dec 23 / Classical Review
Daphne

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 5

Nature wins in Strauss’ Daphne at Carnegie Hall
3 Apr 23 / Classics Today
Strauss rarity ‘Daphne’ gets a ringing revival, beautiful and very loud
1 Apr 23 / Classical Voice North America
A sublime 'Daphne'
30 Mar 23 / Blogcritics
Richard Strauss’ "Bucolic Tragedy in One Act" Daphne is one of his most beautiful and most frustrating works
28 Mar 23 / parterre box
Ovid’s tree-hugger on wings of song
25 Mar 23 / ConcertoNet (English)
Solomon

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 3

Happy, happy solo woman
16 Mar 23 / parterre box
Ann Hallenberg en el ¨Solomon¨ del Carnegie Hall
15 Mar 23 / Opera World (Spanish)
A Handel oratorio gave the Ppople what they wanted
14 Mar 23 / New York Times
Die Walküre

Carnegie Hall, New York


Act I


No. of reviews: 5

Nézet-Séguin and Met Orchestra spread light through Carnegie Hall
25 Jun 22 / Classical Voice North America
Consistently enthralling
21 Jun 22 / parterre box
Met Orchestra with Goerke, Jovanovich, Owens under Nezet-Seguin conquers Wagner
19 Jun 22 / Broadway World
The Met Opera Orchestra raises a glorious noise
18 Jun 22 / New York Times
Met Orchestra, soloists take flight in Strauss, Wagner at Carnegie Hall
18 Jun 22 / Classical Review
Xerxes

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 2

English Concert return with a sensational “Serse” at Carnegie Hall
15 May 22 / Classical Review
The English Concert charms with exquisite performance of Handel’s Serse at Carnegie Hall
11 May 22 / Bachtrack
Wozzeck

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 3

Bringing raw conviction to the bleak world of ‘Wozzeck’ in a concert
26 Mar 22 / Classical Voice North America
Heading an excellent cast, Bo Skovhus perfectly embodied Franz Wozzeck
21 Mar 22 / Classical Source
When the orchestra is the star of the opera
17 Mar 22 / New York Times
Semele

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 2

The English Concert brings a marvelous ‘Semele’
17 Apr 19 / New York Times
“Endless pleasure” in Bicket's Semele at Carnegie Hall
17 Apr 19 / Bachtrack
The Diary of one who has Disappeared

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 2

Matthew Polenzani and Julius Drake partner in songs of nature, love and passion
28 Feb 19 / Seen and Heard
A memorable performance of a Janáček rarity from Polenzani at Zankel Hall
26 Feb 19 / Classical Review
Candide

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 4

Bernstein’s Candide finally plays Carnegie Hall
23 Apr 18 / Seen and Heard
Panglossed over
22 Apr 18 / parterre box
Glittering Candide: a celebration at Carnegie Hall
21 Apr 18 / Bachtrack
Erin Morley, Paul Appleby, John Lithgow and Patricia Racette charm in celebration to Leonard Bernstein
20 Apr 18 / OperaWire
Der Rosenkavalier

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 6

Kirill Petrenko leads Bayerisches Staatsorcher in history-making performance
4 Apr 18 / OperaWire
The best of everything
3 Apr 18 / parterre box
Back for a second night: the Bayerische Staatsoper in a joyous Der Rosenkavalier
2 Apr 18 / Seen and Heard
Orchestra shines brightest in Bayerische Staatsoper’s mixed “Rosenkavalier”
2 Apr 18 / Classical Review
In the end it was Petrenko and the Bavarian State musicians that shone the brightest
1 Apr 18 / Classical Source
Der Rosenkavalier exalted in Carnegie Hall
31 Mar 18 / The Boston Musical Intelliger
Rinaldo

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 7

Handel’s Rinaldo, in concert, lights musical invention
31 Mar 18 / Classical Voice North America
Bicket and The English Concert leave Carnegie Hall thrilled
28 Mar 18 / Bachtrack
Spectacular Rinaldo by Handel at Carnegie with Bicket and the English Concert
27 Mar 18 / Broadway World
Less than hero
27 Mar 18 / parterre box
As the eponymous warrior-hero, Iestyn Davies displayed tremendous color, depth and stamina
27 Mar 18 / Classical Source
Handel’s ‘Rinaldo,’ in concert and profoundly authentic
27 Mar 18 / New York Times
A Handel afternoon to remember with English Concert’s “Rinaldo”
27 Mar 18 / Classical Review
Ariodante

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 4

Joyce DiDonato and Harry Bicket's English Concert handle Handel's Ariodante quite nicely at Carnegie Hall
6 May 17 / Broadway World
DiDonato leads an inspired cast in sensational “Ariodante” at Carnegie
2 May 17 / Classical Review
Joyce DiDonato is wrenching in Handel's 'Ariodante'
2 May 17 / New York Times
One Handel, one heart
2 May 17 / parterre box
Alcina

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 6

Love and madness
4 Nov 14 / Wall Street Journal
Alcina: witch, shrew and termagant, but most of all, a diva
1 Nov 14 / Seen and Heard
In witch we serve
30 Oct 14 / parterre box
DiDonato tackles Handel’s 'Alcina' to often bewitching effect
30 Oct 14 / New York Observer
A wily temptress undone by love, or perhaps by a transitory spell
29 Oct 14 / New York Times
A luminous DiDonato leads superb cast in Handel’s “Alcina” at Carnegie
28 Oct 14 / Classical Review
Salome

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 3

Vienna State Opera’s Salome: Strauss is in their blood
4 Mar 14 / Seen and Heard
Gun-Brit Barkmin makes a powerful Salome at Carnegie Hall
3 Mar 14 / Classical Review
A struggling soldier and a seductive beauty: two tales of yearning
3 Mar 14 / New York Times
Wozzeck

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 4

Vienna’s finest produced a first-class concert performance of Berg’s masterpiece
4 Mar 14 / Financial Times
Carnegie Hall's audience votes for Wozzeck from Vienna State Opera
4 Mar 14 / Broadway World
A struggling soldier and a seductive beauty: two tales of yearning
3 Mar 14 / New York Times
Goerne proves a haunting and memorable Wozzeck at Carnegie Vienna festival
2 Mar 14 / Classical Review
Feuersnot

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 4

Strauss’ obscene operatic gesture shines at Carnegie
23 Dec 13 / Classics Today
Botstein, ASO make a concerted case for Strauss’s neglected “Feuersnot”
19 Dec 13 / Classical Review
Light my foyer
17 Dec 13 / parterre box
Much ado, alas, about not so much
17 Dec 13 / Financial Times
A Streetcar Named Desire

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 5

A Streetcar Named Desire, in opera
22 Mar 13 / The Huffington Post
A whiff of New Orleans in semi-staged “Streetcar”
21 Mar 13 / Seen and Heard
Streetcar with Renee Fleming jumps the rail at Carnegie Hall
19 Mar 13 / Broadway World
'A Streetcar Named Desire' opera by Andre Previn makes it to New York City, 15 years later
18 Mar 13 / The Huffington Post
Blanche meets Stanley anew, reintroduced as opera
18 Mar 13 / New York Times
Salome

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 5

A stellar cast and a seething, churning orchestra made this a ‘Salome’ to remember
28 May 12 / Financial Times
Unstaged but not unbowed
28 May 12 / Seen and Heard
Nina Stemme triumphs in `Salome' at Carnegie
26 May 12 / San Francisco Chronicle
The call of the wild Salome
26 May 12 / New York Times
The Cleveland Orchestra goes dark with Salome
26 May 12 / Operavore | WQXR
The Mikado

Carnegie Hall, New York


No. of reviews: 2

Broadway stars yield an imperfect “Mikado”
13 Apr 12 / Seen and Heard
A magical ‘Mikado’
13 Apr 12 / Financial Times
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