Opera & Classical Music
Your guide to NYC's best opera shows and classical performances
- The Taverner Consort
- Hidden Handel
- Viola: no joke
- R. Andrew Lee
The Taverner Consort
Andrew Parrott and his storied ensemble celebrate four decades with a new 'L'Orfeo'
Hidden Handel
Swedish mezzo Ann Hallenberg soars in an illuminating collection of Handel rarities
Viola: no joke
Nadia Sirota and other top players prove their much-maligned ax is no laughing matter
R. Andrew Lee
A restless classical pianist offers the premiere recording of a long-lost minimalist epic
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New York Philharmonic: Memorial Day Concert
- Critics choice
- Free
Alan Gilbert conducts Bruckner's cathedral-friendly Symphony No. 3 at this popular free event
- 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 previews his forthcoming CD
- Issue Project Room 110 Livingston St, at Boerum Pl
- Wed May 29
Todd Reynolds and Dead Language
- Price band: 2/4
Violinist Reynolds hosts a showcase for an entrepreneurial, genre-flouting ensemble
Ensemble Linea
- Critics choice
- Free
Superb French contemporary-classical outfit Ensemble Linea returns to New York for two free events
- Baruch Performing Arts Center 151 E 25th St, between Lexington and Third Aves
- Fri May 31 - Sat Jun 1
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Album review: Dennis Johnson, November
- Rated as: 4/5
Restless pianist R. Andrew Lee rewrites the history books with a long-lost minimalist epic
Album review: Drama Queens
- Rated as: 5/5
Joyce DiDonato fires up some of her fiercest vocalism on a flamboyant new CD
Album review: Rachmaninoff, Works for Cello
- Rated as: 4/5
Chamber-music stalwarts do justice to Rachmaninoff's rich, underserved music
Album review: Haydn, The Creation
- Rated as: 4/5
Martin Pearlman conducts superb soloists with period ensemble Boston Baroque in Haydn's joyful oratorio
New York's best classical music venues
Carnegie Hall
- Price band: 2/4
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)
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
- Price band: 1/4
- 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
- Fulton Ferry Landing, (at Furman and Old Fulton Sts)
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