The MET Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen in a revelatory pairing of Schumann and Mahler

Par Edward Sava-Segal, 06 juin 2017

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“It seems like the old sonorities must wither and die, the new ones ready to emerge.”

Critique faite à Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York, le 3 juin 2017

Schumann, Symphonie no. 3 en mi bémol majeur «Rhénane», Op.97

Mahler, Le Chant de la Terre (Das Lied von der Erde)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Direction

Karen Cargill, Mezzo-soprano

Stuart Skelton, Ténor

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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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.