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Orchestra and singers reached great heights in this highly lyrical and dramatically flowing Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Daniil Trifonov's radiant reading of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, and two impressive works by Lili Boulanger and Louise Farrenc, as Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra.

The first subscription concert at the Grand Old Lady of Locust Street since 2001 nodded to the institution's august history.

Despite theatrical drawbacks, this Wozzeck is heartily recommend due to Yannick Nézet-Séguin's staggering understanding of all facets of Berg's score.

DiDonato has always asked herself what happens to Charlotte after Werther’s suicide; now she pondered another young woman’s fate – her key to Winterreise was from the Mädchen’s viewpoint.

Bach's crowning musical achievement made a disappointing return to the Philadelphia Orchestra repertoire after a 34-year absence.

DiDonato shines as Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads his OM in the final concert of its US tour, ending with blockbuster Bruckner. 

Louis Lortie amazes in the Schubert-Liszt Wanderer Fantasy, while The Philadelphia Orchestra under Nézet-Séguin struggles but ultimately triumphs with Mahler's Fifth.

When conducting Mozart, Nézet-Séguin rarely displayed the wit and insight he always brings to Bruckner and Mahler.

Christine Goerke gives a thrillingly fleshed-out performance as the princess Turandot that is everything one wants opera to be.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin has resisted specialist identification, but his finesse with Strauss suggests he's Austro-Germanic at heart.

The program also featured a compelling world premiere from composer Valerie Coleman and a stirring performance of Dvořák's “New World” Symphony.

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s recent debut with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra was a dazzling Beethoven-Shostakovich programme that epitomised the “power of music”.

When Mariss Jansons was forced to withdraw from his orchestra's tour, the BRSO couldn't have found a better step-in than Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Nézét-Séguin draws limpid playing of extreme clarity from the BRSO to provide a telling account of Shostakovich's Fifth.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Kevin Newbury see Candide as a coming-of-age story, placing it in their own high-school years, specifically 1992, making Westphalia a USA knockoff.

The Met Orchestra’s closing performance of the season saw Yannick Nézet-Séguin lead the ensemble in Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder with Elīna Garanča and an arresting Bruckner's Seventh Symphony.

The fast-rising Italian pianist Beatrice Rana offered a triumph of technique, but her playing lacked much emotional engagement or wit.

Isabel Leonard demonstrated her keen sense of language and a wonderful lack of affectation in both scores she sung.

Although both Bernstein's Jeremiah Symphony and Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise explore the role religion plays in the cultivation of the human spirit, they are in many aspects sharply contrasting works. This made for an appealing concert by Montreal's Orchestre Métropolitain and their conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Mahler's farewell to the world emerged as a journey through stages of grief in a thrilling performance led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. 

An unforgettable evening at the Met as John Dexter's production of Poulenc's masterpiece is revived to close the season. 

The 31-year-old Assistant Conductor approached a program of Beethoven, Weber and Schumann with confidence and a forceful hand.

Thrilling choreography reimagined for the 21st century.

Nico Mulhy's great gift as an orchestrator and his ability to construct colorful and suggestive textures are evident in Liar, presented by the Philadelphia Orchestra together with Schubert and Mendelssohn.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s proves the highlight of a frustrating evening at The Metropolitan Opera

A Christmas concert from some fine choirs warmed the hearts of their Montréal audience.

Eighteen years ago Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain took a huge gamble by appointing the youthful local Yannick Néget- Séguin as its Music Director. Now, when the Maestro returns to conduct in his native city, a lovefest ensues.

A new production of La Traviata, colorful and conventional, brings little new ideas but is a fine vehicle for a fine performance conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin that features a trio of excellent singers.

Nézet-Séguin leads Philadelphians and Joyce DiDonato in superb performances of Wagner, Bates, Chausson and Respighi.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin's final tour as Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic brought out the tender side of Bruckner and Liszt. 

The Rotterdam Philharmonic marked their centenary with two concerts starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. A bittersweet weekend, during which they also took leave of their beloved principal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

The Philadelphia Orchestra's superb semi-staged production of Tosca. 

A première of Machover's latest City Symphony leaves its mark beyond works by Bernstein and Mussorgsky. 

The Philadelphia Orchestra gives us convincing renditions of Bernstein, Schumann and Strauss.

"She commands the stage, she commands the notes, she commands the tension": Christine Goerke's portrayal of Elektra haunts The Met. 

After Joshua Bell's fine Wieniawski, the Philadelphia Orchestra's account of the Leningrad Symphony took this concert to a higher plane. 

The Met’s production of Wagner’s Parsifal is a harrowing affair, entrancing in its refusal to charm. 

We were drenched in all sorts of dreams about Scotland as the Philadelphia Orchetra celebrated the country in their British Isles Festival

The Philadelphia Orchestra's Winter Festival celebrates the British Isles. 

Three works performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin included few novel musical ideas relative to their lengths.

On the last leg of their first international tour, the Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin fully embraced Elgar after a francophone first half of Berlioz and Saint-Saëns. 

An energetic Haydn Seasons for the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir and Orchestra.

Yannick leads Philadelphia Orchestra on spiritual journey throug Bruckner's Eighth Symphony. 

Nézet-Séguin's West Side Story in concert mixes passion and politics in Philadelphia.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin's opens season with panache.

On 4th October, the Philadelphia Orchestra opened the Carnegie Hall season with an all 20th-century American program featuring George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein.

A program that didn't look too exciting on paper was made special by an outstanding interpretation. 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin led an intriguing performance of Wagner's Flying Dutchman at the Met with a superb orchestra and an excellent ensemble of singers.