From Mantua to Venice, 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:
Bartlet Sher鈥檚 production of Rigoletto returns to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera September 30. Baritone Quinn Kelsey returns to the titular role in Verdi鈥檚 tragic masterpiece of paternal love and revenge. Soprano Nadine Sierra plays Rigoletto鈥檚 daughter Gilda, whom Rigoletto will go to any lengths to protect from the villainous Duke of Mantua, played by tenor Stephen Costello. Bass Andrea Mastroni and mezzo-soprano J鈥橬ai Bridges round out the cast as the brother-and-sister assassin team of Sparafucile and Maddalena.
Performances also continue at the Met this week of Jeanine Tesori鈥檚 Grounded, which kicked off the season last week, as well as Puccini鈥檚 Tosca and Offenbach鈥檚 Les Contes d鈥橦offmann. On Saturday, October 5, the matinee performance of Les Contes d鈥橦offmann will be broadcast live to cinemas around the world, kicking off the Met鈥檚 2024-25 Live in HD season.
As last week, fans of the poet E.T.A. Hoffmann may take the opportunity to see both an opera and ballet based on his work, as Leo Delibes鈥� 颁辞辫辫茅濒颈补 returns to the New York City Ballet for a second weekend of performances. Both 颁辞辫辫茅濒颈补 and the first act of Les Contes d鈥橦offmann are based on the same short story about a love triangle involving a lifelike clockwork automaton. George Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova鈥檚 staging, based on that by Petipa, also incorporates music from two other ballets by Delibes, Sylvia and La Source.
New York City Ballet also continues performances this week of an 鈥淎ll Peck鈥� program, celebrating Justin Peck鈥檚 10th year as resident choreographer with the company; and 鈥淏alanchine + Ratmansky鈥�, a program showcasing works by NYCB鈥檚 co-founding choreographer George Balanchine, and NYCB Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky.
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company returns to the Joyce Theater October 1-6, presenting Ray Mercer鈥檚 This I Know For Sure, Rennie Harris鈥� Jacob鈥檚 Ladder, and a restaging of Paul Taylor鈥檚 Esplanade, set to two Bach violin concertos.
Pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson joins the New York Philharmonic October 4-8 to perform Brahms鈥� Piano Concerto No. 1. Conductor Manfred Honeck leads the orchestra in a program which also includes Beethoven鈥檚 Seventh Symphony.
Zhe Zang performs a solo recital at Carnegie Hall October 4, featuring works by Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, Beethoven, Xinghai Xian, and Fazil Say. Zang will be joined by soprano Paulina Yeung. October 5, Carnegie Hall will host a performance by violinists Chenyi Avsharian and Simon Hagopian-Rogers, with pianist Rohan De Silva.
The Kaufman Music Center presents pianist Chaeyoung Park in a recital at Merkin Hall October 1, giving a program of works ranging from Bach and Vivaldi to Stravinsky and Messiaen.
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