Critics’ picks: Opera & Classical events
See the best Opera & Classical shows in NYC this week, as chosen by Time Out New York's critics.
Salon/Sanctuary Concerts
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Ending the season of this connoisseur's-choice series devoted to presenting early music in complementary spaces, harpsichordist Kenneth Weiss plays Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.
- Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium 417 E 61st St, between First and York Aves
- Sat May 25
New York Youth Symphony
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
This consistently impressive youth ensemble wraps up a big season with the premiere of John Glover's Natural Systems (with bass-baritone Evan Hughes as soloist), nestled between Beethoven's overture to The Creatures of Prometheus and Mahler's Symphony No. 1, all conducted by music director Joshua
- Carnegie Hall 154 W 57th St, between Sixth and Seventh Aves
- Sun May 26
New York Philharmonic: Memorial Day Concert
- Critics choice
- Free
Alan Gilbert conducts Bruckner's cathedral-friendly Symphony No. 3 in D Minor at this popular annual New York Philharmonic event. Tickets are distributed from 6pm on a first-come, first-served basis—get there early for the best seats, because the line tends to form hours in advance.
- Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine 1047 Amsterdam Ave, at 112th St
- Mon May 27
Joseph Kubera
- Critics choice
One of the foremost pianists in contemporary music for decades now, Joseph Kubera is also among the more self-effacing—at least, it seems like we seldom see him in the spotlight. Here, he'll play pieces by Michael Byron, Julius Eastman, "Blue" Gene Tyranny and Stuart Saunders Smith as a preview of
- Issue Project Room 110 Livingston St, at Boerum Pl
- Wed May 29
New York Philharmonic: Rush Hour Concert
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
Kicking off a new season-ending series, "Gilbert's Playlist," Alan Gilbert and the Phil welcome Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for an early-evening airing of Marsalis's Symphony No. 3 ("Swing Symphony").
- Avery Fisher Hall (at Lincoln Center) 132 W 65th St, at Broadway
- Thu May 30
Either/Or
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
This flexible new-music ensemble, organized and driven by pianist Richard Carrick and percussionist David Shively, comes to the Kitchen for its eighth-annual spring fling. The program on Thu 30 includes premieres by Anthony Coleman and Jin Hi Kim, as well as local debuts for pieces by Anna
- The Kitchen 512 W 19th St, between Tenth and Eleventh Aves
- Thu May 30 - Fri May 31
The Locrian Chamber Players
- Critics choice
- Free
An enterprising new-music ensemble devoted strictly to works less than ten years old, the Locrian Chamber Players offer a premiere by David Shohl, alongside new and recent pieces by Harold Meltzer, Lois V Vierk and others.
- The Riverside Church 490 Riverside Dr, between 120th and 122nd Sts
- Thu May 30
Cibo Matto
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
After a decade-long hiatus, Cibo Matto, the sleek, playfully groundbreaking pop duo of vocalist Miho Hatori and keyboardist Yuka Honda, returned to action in 2011, and at these two BK shows, the pair offers old favorites as well as selections from a new LP due out any second now. Dashing Argentine
- Littlefield 622 DeGraw St, between Third and Fourth Aves
- Thu May 30 - Fri May 31
New York Philharmonic
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
"Gilbert's Playlist" starts in earnest with a jazzy opening shot: Stravinsky's Ragtime, Shostakovich's Tahiti Trot, Copland's Clarinet Concerto (with soloist Mark Nuccio) and Wynton Marsalis's Symphony No 3 ("Swing Symphony"), featuring Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as guests.
- Avery Fisher Hall (at Lincoln Center) 132 W 65th St, at Broadway
- Fri May 31 - Sat Jun 1
Ensemble Linea + Ensemble Moto Perpetuo
- Critics choice
- Free
Superb French contemporary-classical outfit Ensemble Linea returns to New York for two free events. The program on May 31 includes pieces by Tristan Murail, Bruno Mantovani, Georges Aperghis, Philippe Hurel and Raphaël Cendo; on June 1, Brooklyn's Ensemble Moto Perpetuo headlines, playing pieces by
- Baruch Performing Arts Center 151 E 25th St, between Lexington and Third Aves
- Fri May 31 - Sat Jun 1
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- Price band: 2/4
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- Price band: 2/4
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- Fri May 24 - Sun Oct 6
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- Price band: 2/4
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- Fri May 24 - Mon May 27
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- Price band: 2/4
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- Celeste Bartos Forum, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Ave, at 42nd St, entrance on 42nd St
- Tue May 28
Classical: Joseph Kubera
- Critics choice
- Issue Project Room 110 Livingston St, at Boerum Pl
- Wed May 29
Dance: New York City Ballet
- Critics choice
- David H. Koch Theater (at Lincoln Center) 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, at 63rd St
- Fri May 24 - Sun Jun 9
Museums: "PUNK: Chaos to Couture"
- Critics choice
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave, at 82nd St, 10028
- Fri May 24 - Wed Aug 14
Museums: "Whales: Giants of the Deep"
- Critics choice
- American Museum of Natural History Central Park West, at 79th St, 10024
- Fri May 24 - Sun Jan 5
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- Price band: 1/4
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