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The Dark Vision of the Met’s 2024 Treliński Production of Verdi’s La Forza del Destino

Review S. Lachterman La Forza del Destino Music, Giuseppi Verdi Libretto, Francesco Maria Piave Conductor, Yannick Nézet-Séguin...

Mar 23, 20243 min read

Vikingur Ólafsson's Goldberg Variations - Musical Edda - most recently at Carnegie Hall Recording review S. Lachterman Throughout...

Feb 28, 20244 min read

Carmen by Georges Bizet Directed by Carrie Cracknell Conductor, Daniele Rustioni Carmen, Aigul Akhmetshina Micaëla, Angel Blue Don José,...

Feb 1, 20243 min read

Reviewed by S. Lachterman December 19, 2023 George Frideric Handel - Messiah Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal Soloists: Spencer Britten...

Dec 22, 20232 min read

Miranda Cuckson and Blair McMillen perform Beethoven, Janáček, Prokofiev, and Finney.

Nov 3, 20234 min read

A Masterful Belcea Quartet Program at Union College Capital Region Classical October 15, 2023 S. Lachterman The Belcea String Quartet...

Oct 24, 20234 min read

Raphaël Pichon's new performance of Claudio Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 Is this the "sexiest" liturgical music ever written? S....

Sep 7, 20233 min read

Saint-Saëns Henri VIII A truly "Grand Opera" replete with faux-Renaissance melodies and royal splendor.

Jul 30, 20234 min read

Charles Gounod's Roméo et Juliette premieres tonight at Glimmerglass

Jul 15, 20233 min read

A pair of Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten. One in Baden-Baden, one in San Francisco.

Jul 3, 20234 min read

Reflections on the new Metropolitan Opera's Production Reviewed by Seth Lachterman Don Giovanni Ivo van Hove., Director Nathalie...

May 22, 20233 min read

The title is a metaphor coined by Andrew Marvell in his poem Musick's Empire. My writings on music will provide the ceramic...

May 21, 20231 min read