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Trinity Choir

Julian Wachner leads his splendid Trinity Church Wall Street singers in a program of timeless American spirituals and timely contemporary pieces: Luna Pearl Woolf's Après moi, le...
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Interview: Karita Mattila

The dramatic Finnish soprano discusses taking on an iconic Janacek role.
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Quench your classical thirst this summer with these five totally free outdoor events.

Critics’ picks

Almira, Königin von Castilien

Price band: 3/4
Critics choice

Christy Lombardozzi stars in what is billed as the North American professional stage premiere of Handel's first opera, presented by Operamission.

Sat May 26 - Thu May 31
Gershwin Hotel

Deviant Septet

Price band: 2/4
Critics choice

This brainy, brassy ensemble charts a course for the outer limits during a Stockhausen-inspired evening.

Thu May 31
Greenwich House Music School

Bargemusic Here and Now

Price band: 2/4
Critics choice

Violinist and composer Cornelius Dufallo, newly departed from radical string quartet Ethel, presents Journaling (part four), the latest installment in an ongoing series that explores the state of...

Thu May 31
Bargemusic

Darmstadt 2012: Pauline Oliveros 80th Birthday Celebration

Price band: 2/4
Critics choice

For years now, the cultured radicals behind the Darmstadt series have grappled with a seriously befuddling issue: How do you foster a new-music canon that incorporates the radical visions that...

Fri Jun 1
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Recent reviews

Album review: Gesualdo, Quinto Libro di Madrigali

The Hilliard Ensemble illuminates a master of musical shadow. Gesualdo and painter Caravaggio were close contemporaries, and their careers in violence offer intriguing parallels. Both were...

Album review: Klaus Florian Vogt, Helden

Rated as: 3/5

Save for a tragic ’70s-style mane (think Peter Seiffert or the late Peter Hoffmann), Klaus Florian Vogt has little in common with typical Wagnerian tenors.

Album review: Due East, Drawn Only Once: The Music of John Supko

Rated as: 5/5

Flute and percussion play starring roles in two vivid multimedia dreamscapes.

New York's best classical music venues

Carnegie Hall

Price band: 2/4
Critics choice

Artistic director Clive Gillinson continues to put his stamp on Carnegie Hall. The stars, both soloists and orchestras, shine most brightly inside this renowned concert hall in the Isaac Stern...

154 W 57th St, (between Sixth and Seventh Aves)

The Met gears up for the fall season with Metropolitan Opera Summer HD Festival, screening some of their best performances from the past three years on the front of the opera house at Lincoln Center.

Metropolitan Opera House (at Lincoln Center)

Price band: 1/4

The grandest of the Lincoln Center buildings, the Met is a spectacular place to see and hear opera. It hosts the Metropolitan Opera from September to May, with major visiting companies appearing in...

Lincoln Center Plaza, (at 65th St)

Le Poisson Rouge

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Critics choice

Tucked into the basement of the long-gone Village Gate—a legendary performance space that hosted everyone from Miles Davis to Jimi Hendrix—Le Poisson Rouge was opened in 2008 by a group of young...

158 Bleecker St, (at Thompson St)

Bargemusic

Price band: 2/4

This former coffee-bean barge usually presents four chamber concerts a week (plus one jazz program) set against a panoramic view of lower Manhattan. It’s a magical experience (and the programming has...