Events: Music
Selected by Marie d’Origny
October 26, 2012 – November 4, 2012, 8 pm
Lakmé
Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier, Montpellier
The arrival this fall of a new and elegant production of Lakmé, one of the jewels of late 19th Century French opera, is cause to visit Montpellier.
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Selected by NYR Staff
November 10, 2012, 12 pm – 4 pm
Jazz & Colors
Central Park, New York
Jazz & Colors, which might be described as a musical version of Christo's The Gates, features 30 jazz ensembles stationed throughout the park playing music inspired by New York, and the fall.
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Reviewed in the NYR
October 23, 2012 – November 17, 2012
The Tempest
The Metropolitan Opera, New York
In the December 6 issue, Geoffrey O'Brien writes, “Thomas Adès’s opera The Tempest is certainly a rare occasion—when was the last time the Met presented a contemporary opera with the composer conducting?”
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November 18, 2012, 12 pm – 8 pm
Beethoven String Quartet Marathon
The Greene Space, New York
Hear all of Beethoven’s string quartets in a special marathon at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space.
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