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SaratogaBeethoven’s Ninth with Yannick

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Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Leah Hawkins; J'Nai Bridges; Issachah Savage; Ryan Speedo Green

PhiladelphiaOpening Night | Beethoven 9

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Hisaishi, Beethoven
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Leah Hawkins; J'Nai Bridges; Issachah Savage; Ryan Speedo Green

ChicagoOmarNew production

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Giddens: Omar
Kazem Abdullah; Kaneza Schaal; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Amy Rubin; Micheline Russell-Brown; Pablo Santiago; Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
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Old and new from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Fabio Luisi © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in a programme that blends two modern works with Beethoven's Ninth.
***11
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The Philadelphia Orchestra discovers Florence Price once again

Lara Downes and the Philadelphia Orchestra © Allie Ippolito
Lara Downes and Yannick Nézet-Séguin offer the subscription debut of Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement, followed by the ultimate crowd pleaser, Beethoven's Ninth.
***11
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Coloratura fireworks at the Met's Idomeneo

Michael Spyres (Idomeneo) and Kate Lindsey (Idamante) © Karen Almond | Met Opera
A luxuriously-cast revival takes a staid production of Mozart's Idomeneo to new, exciting heights. 
****1
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Patricia Racette's mesmerizing power as Salome

In Los Angeles, Patricia Racette was an impressive Salome but the orchestra was, as it should, the main character.
****1
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Buffing the buffa in Ariadne

Seattle Opera closes its season with an Ariadne auf Naxos that highlights the comedy but only fitfully comes to life in the opera within the opera.  
***11
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Denkbar beste Besetzung in Rheingold

In einer packenden konzertanten Aufführung war Wagners Rheingold unter Yannick Nézet-Séguin vom Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra außergewöhnlich expressiv und mit exzellenten Sängerdarstellern in Baden-Baden zu erleben.
*****
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Inside the mind of Peter Grimes: Issachah Savage

Issachah Savage in Tannhauser, LA Opera © Cory Weaver
The American tenor talks about taking on Britten’s most archetypical tragic, flawed character, in a new production premiering at Dutch National Opera.