From the Baroque to the contemporary, 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.
New York City Ballet’s fall season wraps up this week with a farewell performance for principal dancer Adrian Danchig-Waring. Danchig-Waring joined the company in 2003 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2013. His farewell performance will include George Balanchine‘s The Four Temperaments, Lar Lubovitch’s Each In Their Own Time, Balanchine’s Agon, and a new piece created by Pam Tanowitz for the occasion.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall October 13. The program will include Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, kicking off a complete cycle of all of Mahler’s symphonies which Nézet-Séguin will conduct at Carnegie Hall during the 2026-2027 season. The concert will also feature Webern’s Im Sommerwind, and the New York premiere of Julia Wolfe’s Liberty Bell.
Carnegie Hall will also feature performances this week from pianist Luigi Carroccia with the Argus Quartet (October 13); Trio Azura (October 14); pianist Jeremy Denk with the Takács Quartet (October 16); and Sphinx Virtuosi (October 16).
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presents Aaron Copland‘s Appalachian Spring October 13 at Alice Tully Hall. A suite from Copland’s ballet arranged for chamber ensemble will be performed alongside American works by William Bolcom, Amy Beach, and film composer Bernard Herrmann.
Teatro Real, the Royal Opera of Spain, will visit Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall October 15 with soprano Adriana González and guitar player Juan Manuel Cañizares. Gustavo Gimeno will conduct the performance, featuring works by Manuel de Falla, Juaquin Rodrigo, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov‘s Scheherezade.
The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Verdi’s Macbeth continues performances this week, starring baritone Quinn Kelsey as Macbeth and soprano Lise Davidsen as Lady Macbeth. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Louisa Proske’s acclaimed production, which will be broadcast live to cinemas worldwide October 17 as part of the Met’s Live in HD series. Performances also continue at the Met this week of Phelim McDermott‘s Coney Island-set production of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and Franco Zeffirelli‘s lavish production of Puccini’s La Boheme.
The Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players present Bespoke Baroque at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church October 12. The all-Baroque chamber program will include sonatas and concertos by Georg Philipp Telemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Giuseppe Tartini, Johann Gottlieb Golberg, George Friederic Handel, Benedetto Marcello, and Antonio Vivaldi.
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