From the fresh sea air to the deepest depths of a state prison, 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.
The Metropolitan Opera returns from its mid-winter hiatus March 3 with the company premiere of Jake Heggie鈥檚 Moby-Dick. The operatic adaptation of Herman Melville鈥檚 epic novel stars tenor Brandon Jovanovich as the obsessed Captain Ahab, with tenor Stephen Costello as Greenhorn, the opera鈥檚 version of Ishmael. The cast also includes baritone Peter Mattei as Starbuck, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Queequeg, soprano Janai Brugger as Pip, tenor William Burden as Flask, and baritone Malcolm Mackenzie as Stubb. The production is helmed by Leonard Foglia, making his Met debut, and Karen Kamensek conducts.
The Met鈥檚 Spring season continues with a revival of Fidelio, the sole opera by Ludwig van Beethoven. Soprano Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore, who tracks down her unjustly-imprisoned husband Florestan, and disguises herself as a man, using the name Fidelio, to enter the employ of the jailer and break her husband out of prison. The cast also includes tenor David Butt Philip as Florestan; bass Ren茅 Pape as Rocco, the jailer; soprano Ying Fang as Marzelline, Rocco鈥檚 daughter who takes a liking to Fidelio; and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny as Don Pizzaro, the nobleman who orders Florestan鈥檚 imprisonment.
Fidelio will also be playing this week next door at David Geffen Hall鈥攊n a manner of speaking. Marin Alsop conducts the New York Philharmonic this week in a concert program leading with Beethoven鈥檚 Leonore Overture No. 3, the third overture that Beethoven wrote and then rejected for the opera. The concert will also include Brahms鈥� Variations on a Theme by Haydn, a suite from Stravinsky鈥檚 The Firebird, and the world premiere of a new violin concerto by Nico Muhly, with soloist Renaud Capuc抬on.
Tenor Ian Bostridge will perform Schubert鈥檚 Winterreise at the 92nd Street Y March 5 with pianist Julius Drake. One of Schubert鈥檚 most iconic works, the song cycle is a setting of 24 poems by Wilhelm M眉ller, organized as an hour-long monodrama telling the story of a love-lorn protagonist wandering through the winter.
The London Symphony Orchestra plays two concerts at Carnegie Hall this week, March 5 and 6, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano. The March 5 concert will include Walker鈥檚 Sinfonia No. 5, Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 Serenade with violinist Janine Jansen, and Mahler鈥檚 Symphony No. 1. The March 6 concert will feature pianist Yunchan Lim playing Rachmaninoff鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 2, as well as Walton鈥檚 Symphony No. 1.
Carnegie Hall will also host performances this week from violinist Leonidas Kavakos and pianist Daniil Trifonov (March 4); the American Composers Orchestra (March 6); Palaver Strings (March 7); and soprano Angel Blue with pianist Lang Lang (March 8).
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presents an all-Czech program March 9 at Alice Tully Hall. The program will feature Bed艡ich Smetana鈥檚 M谩 Vlast (From My Homeland), arranged for Violin and Piano; Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 Pohadka (Fairy Tale) for Cello and Piano; Josef Suk鈥檚 Quartet in A minor for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello; and Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Quintet in G major for Two Violins, Viola, Cello, and Bass.
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