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Chicago’s Omar: strong score clashes with undirected storytelling

Issachah Savage (Omar) and Kearstin Piper Brown (Julie) © Cory Weaver | Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago presents the local premiere of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels' opera, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. 
***11
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Nézet-Séguin brings an idiosyncratic Beethoven 9 to Saratoga

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra © Ironglass Productions | Jake Ritz
Beethoven’s salvo for peace and brotherhood shares a Philadelphia Orchestra program with William Grant Still’s newly reorchestrated Wood Notes.
***11
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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

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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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.