Metropolitan Opera’s Concert Honors Ukraine - The New York Times

A concert to benefit relief efforts featured a young Ukrainian singer, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and the Met’s prima donna of the moment.

Nézet-Séguins conducting in this famous finale was neither grand nor patient; when the orchestra is onstage at the Met rather than in the pit, the balances are not ideal for rich unanimity, and the p… [+1245 chars]

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