The Met Orchestra remains in opera mode at Carnegie Hall

Christian Van Horn, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Elīna Garanča

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Par Cameron Kelsall, 15 juin 2024

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“Woodwinds sounded youthful and airy before turning thick and sinister”

Critique faite à Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York, le 14 juin 2024

Wagner, Le Vaisseau fantôme (Der fliegende Holländer): ouverture

Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Suite (arr. Leinsdorf)

Bartók, Le Château de Barbe-Bleue

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Direction

Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano

Christian Van Horn, Baryton-basse

La classe américaine : The Met Orchestra et Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Tristan Labouret, 27th June

En deux jours, avec des programmes associant pages symphoniques et extraits d'œuvres lyriques, l'orchestre new-yorkais a montré son art et ses singularités au public parisien, 22 ans après sa dernière venue en France.

****1

Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Susan Stempleski, 20th April

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1

Innocence: Saariaho’s final opera receives New York premiere

Kurt Gottschalk, 6th April

At the Metropolitan Opera, Innocence proves a gripping and perhaps divisive piece which feels real because it is a reflection of our reality, with no realistic hope of finding peace.

*****

Tristan und Isolde at the Met: staging gets in the way of the music

No’a L. bat Miri, 9th March

Michael Spyres shines in his debut as Tristan alongside powerhouse soprano Lise Davidsen as Isolde in Yuval Sharon's new, beguiling production at the Metropolitan Opera.

***11

Met Orchestra brings a long neglected symphony back to life

Susan Stempleski, 4th February

William Levi Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, overlooked for decades, heads an all-American program of 20th-century works in New York.

****1

Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival

Robert Levine, 13th January

Good Butterflys are not that difficult to come by but great ones are very very rare. Ailyn Pérez fits the bill in this revival of Anthony Minghella’s classic staging.

*****

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Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall is a classical music critic and cultural reporter. He has written for Bachtrack since 2019, and his byline has appeared in many national and international classical music publications. Based in Philadelphia, he regularly travels around the United States for musical events. In addition to his career in journalism, Cameron also teaches in the Theatre Arts program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a certified sommelier and avid home cook. His favorite composer is Mahler. Twitter: @CameronPKelsall.