A historic concert: Fabio Luisi leads Dallas Symphony, Metropolitan Opera musicians in dramatic Mahler First Symphony
It was one of the first full-orchestra concerts in the U.S. since the coronavirus pandemic shut down live performances in 2020. Luisi made it a heroic and highly personal gesture of hope and solidarity.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra music director Fabio Luisi, bottom-left, conducts members of the DSO and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No.1 in D Major, Friday evening, April 30, 2021 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Downtown Dallas. The special concert benefitted the MET Orchestra Musicians Fund and the Dallas-Fort Worth Musicians COVID-19 Relief Fund.(Ben Torres / Ben Torres)