Preoccupying Opera: Youthful Acts of Dissent

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Out of the Spotlight, Until the Met Needed a Tenor

By JIM DWYER

Jay Hunter Morris, a longtime understudy, took on one of the most demanding opera roles ever written: Siegfried in the third part of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle, at the Metropolitan Opera.

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Music Review

This World Can Be Far From Easy, and It’s Time for You to Face That Truth

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

“Stories With Piano #3” at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency features Bebe Neuwirth in her illusion-breaking mode.

Music Review

A French Instrument for a Piece From Paris

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Jon Gillock played Messiaen’s “Méditations sur la Mystère de la Sainte Trinité” on the Manton Memorial Organ at the Church of the Ascension in Greenwich Village.

Music Review

Embracing Handel’s Leaping Arias and Duets

By ALLAN KOZINN

The Theater of Early Music ensemble presented a Handel program at Weill Recital Hall with its director, the countertenor Daniel Taylor, and the soprano Deborah York.

Paying Tribute to a Jazz Legend, in Spanish This Time

By LARRY ROHTER

The jazz saxophonist David Murray has turned his sights to a relatively obscure phase of Nat King Cole’s career: two albums, in 1958 and 1962, on which that singer and pianist recorded in Spanish.

Tied to Songs of the Past, but a Nod to the Present

By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER

The violinist Joshua Bell, whose passion for 19th- and early-20th-century works seems unwavering, performed with the pianist Sam Haywood at Carnegie Hall on Monday.

Lee Pockriss, Songwriter Behind ‘Itsy Bitsy’ Bikini, Dies at 87

By ANITA GATES

Mr. Pockriss, who wrote the music for midcentury pop hits like “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” also worked in musical theater for decades.

Irwin Schneiderman Dies at 88; Guided the City Opera

By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Schneiderman, a lawyer and a philanthropic leader, guided the New York City Opera through two tumultuous decades.

Music Review

Bringing Back the Baroque in a Revival Tailored to the Met

By JAMES R. OESTREICH

Baroque operas are not the usual fare on the expansive Metropolitan Opera stage, but “Rodelinda” has opened doors to other works from the period and experiments with the technique of the time.

Music Review

‘Grobanites’ Get What They Came For

By STACEY ANDERSON

During the final show of his tour at Madison Square Garden on Monday, Josh Groban brought his charming stage presence and crystalline baritone to a repertory of operatic ballads.

Music Review

From an Heir Apparent, European Earthiness and an Abundance of Energy

By ALLAN KOZINN

Fabio Luisi brought the Vienna Symphony Orchestra to Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday and Monday.

Jazz at Lincoln Center to Expand, First in Qatar

By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.

The group, known for presenting high-quality concerts and education programs, will open clubs abroad as part of an unusual partnership with the St. Regis chain of luxury hotels.