From Gluck to Gubaidulina, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week.
Outgoing New York Philharmonic Music Director Jaap van Zweden leads the orchestra in performances of Mozart鈥檚 Requiem May 23-25, with an additional performance next week on May 28. The monumental work, left incomplete at the time of the composer鈥檚 death, will be performed with Musica Sacra, and soloists Amanda Forsythe, Cecelia Hall, Nicholas Phan, and Michael Sumuel. The Requiem will be preceded by a performance of Sofia Gubaidulina鈥檚 viola concerto, with soloist Antoine Tamestit.
Members of 11 dance companies will come together at City Center May 20 for Dance Against Cancer, an annual one-night performance to benefit the American Cancer Society. The companies featured will include the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Hisp谩nico, and more. Performers will include Ayodele Casel, Irene Rodriguez, and students from the National Dance Institute and LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts.
The Metropolitan Opera will have this season鈥檚 final performances of Bizet鈥檚 Carmen May 22 and 25. Mezzo-soprano Cl茅mentine Margaine stars as Carmen alongside soprano Ailyn P茅rez, tenor Michael Fabiano, and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green. Performances also continue at the Met this week of Kevin Puts鈥� The Hours, starring sopranos Ren茅e Fleming and Kelli O鈥橦ara and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and Gluck鈥檚 Orfeo ed Euridice, starring sopranos Ying Fang and Elena Villal贸n, and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo.
New York City Ballet continues performances this week of two contemporary programs, featuring the work of NYCB Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky, alongside works by Ulysses Dove, Gianna Reisen, Pam Tanowitz, Christopher Wheeldon, William Forsythe, and Kyle Abraham. These programs are part of NYCB鈥檚 spring season themed around celebrating the future of the company on the occasion of their 75th anniversary.
The David Virelles Nosotros Ensemble performs at Carnegie Hall May 21, giving the world premiere of Virelles鈥� 峄宺峄�, a Carnegie Hall commission. The work 鈥渆xplores pulses, cycles, and tonalities inspired by the rhythmic language and counterpoint of the three ritual 产补迟谩 drums.鈥� The program also includes works by Henry Threadgill, Val-Inc, and Carnegie Hall鈥檚 Debs Composer鈥檚 Chair for the 2023-24 season, Tania Le贸n.
Early music ensemble Twelfth Night performs at Carnegie Hall May 23 with soprano Julie Roset and mezzo-soprano Xenia Puskarz Thomas in a concert of operatic and instrumental excerpts from Baroque composers including Vivaldi, Handel, Rameau, and more.
Carnegie Hall will also host performances this week from pianist Evgeny Kissin, who will give a recital of Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, and Prokofiev May 24, and the Sejong Soloists, who will give the second and final performance of their Spring festival May 22.
The Lim贸n Dance Company will have their spring 2024 gala May 21, honoring Linda Murray and Lourdes Lopez. The evening will include a celebratory dinner and awards ceremony, a special performance by Lim贸n4Kids, and a performance of Jos茅 Lim贸n鈥檚 Missa Brevis, set to the choral work by Zoltan Kodaly.
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