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Carnegie Hall 2025 Review: Soprano Angel Blue & The Met Orchestra

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(Photo: Jennifer Taylor) The Met Orchestra celebrated its second night of a two-part series at NYC’s Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 with a packed house. The evening’s performances included exciting works by Gabriela Ortiz, “Antrópolis” (2018; rev. 2019) with principal timpanist Parker Lee, Leonard Bernstein‘s Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah,” featuring soprano Angel Blue, Terence Blanchard‘s NY Premiere of {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Carnegie Hall 2025 Review: The Met Orchestra & Soprano Elza van den Heever

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(Photo: ©2025 Chris Lee) Conductor and Lerman-Newbauer Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin led the Met Orchestra at NYC’s Carnegie Hall for a special night featuring Richard Strauss works on Thursday, June 12, 2025, showcasing one of the world’s leading lyric-dramatic sopranos, Elza van den Heever, who just concluded her season of performances as Salome at Met Opera. The night was full of standing {…}
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The MET Orchestra Receives Generous Grant

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The MET Orchestra has received generous donations to support its members after being furloughed with no salary since April 1, 2020. The Spring Point Partners donated $150,000 to the orchestra’s 501(c)3 fund that supports The MET Orchestra Musicians, Associates, Music Staff and Librarians through needs-based grants. In a statement C. Graham Berwind III, a Director of Spring Point Partners said, {…}
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Q & A: Chair of the MET Orchestra Committee Brad Gemeinhardt on New Fundraising Campaign

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Since the members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra were furloughed, the orchestra has launched a fundraising initiative in order to channel its energy into education and engagement through teaching and performing. The fundraising campaign was created in order for the orchestra to be able to do outreach programs and to create new events and concerts during these times of COVID-19. {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Carnegie Hall 2018-19 Season Review: The MET Orchestra & Elina Garanca

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On Friday, June 14, 2019, The MET Orchestra returned to Carnegie Hall for a highly gripping program of Gustav Mahler’s “Ruckert Lieder,” and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7. On this evening, the orchestra was joined by mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca, lending her interpretative passion to the cycle of songs. Brief and Beautiful The first lied, “Look not into my songs,” opened {…}
Stage Reviews

Carnegie Hall 2018-19 Season Review: The MET Orchestra and Isabel Leonard

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On June 4, the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage of Carnegie Hall was host to a musical feast, as performed by The MET Orchestra under the baton of its new conductor and music director, Yannick Nezet-Seguin. The evening’s program was comprised of works from French composers Debussy, Ravel, and Dutilleux, all of which allowed for an abundance of expression. With guest star {…}
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Joyce DiDonato Headlines Met Orchestra Concert at Carnegie Hall

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On June 18, the Met Orchestra alongside Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will perform at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage The concert will include Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and the five-song Rückert-Lieder which will be performed by superstar mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. The concert will also include a short work by Saariaho titled “Lumière et pesanteur.” This will be the final {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Announces European Tour

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(Credit: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced the Met Orchestra’s 2026 European Festival Tour, led by Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The tour will see the orchestra joined by soprano Elza van den Heever and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. Concerts will take place at London’s Royal Albert Hall on August 26 and 27 as part of the BBC {…}
News, Season Announcement

Renée Richardson, Demetrious Sampson Jr., Katerina Burton, Kyle Ketelson, Rehanna Thelwell Headline Madison Symphony Orchestra’s 2026-27 Season

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The Madison Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Soprano Renée Richardson and tenor Demetrious Sampson Jr. headline Madison Symphony Christmas, joined by the Madison Symphony Chorus, Mt. Zion Gospel Choir and Madison Youth Choirs. Performance Dates: Dec. 4–6, 2026 Violinist Blake Poullot, soprano Katerina Burton, mezzo-soprano Rehanna Thelwell and {…}

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