NETREBKO CONQUERS: THE WEEK IN CLASSICAL MUSIC

Anna Netrebko (left, with Ferruccio Furlanetto) gave one of the performances of her career in Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” in London.CreditBill Cooper

Apologies, readers! You may notice that this week’s compendium has been put together and published on Saturday morning, rather than the usual Friday afternoon.

Blame the unreliable Wi-Fi on my flight back from London, where I had traveled to see the opening of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” at the Royal Opera House. The main draw: the show brings together Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kafumann in a staged opera for the first time since 2008.

It was a particular coup for Ms. Netrebko, who gave, I wrote, “one of the performances of her career.” Comparing it with some other recent new roles, “it is a more spontaneous creation than Ms. Netrebko’s serene Aida or her stilted Tosca, with the grandeur and sorrow of her Adriana Lecouvreur and a febrility that recalls her Lady Macbeth.”

Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival announced its 2019 season. Here’s our summary, and here’s the full release.

Some good news out of New England: Florence Price’s music will make its debut with the Boston Symphony, five years after William Robin, writing in our pages, called the orchestra out for overlooking her.

And Anthony Tommasini compared the Met’s old and new “Ring” productions when it comes to Wotan’s Narrative, perhaps the cycle’s emotional center. Here are the clips!

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