Philip Glass’s latest work drones on at BAM; Ricky Ian Gordon gets a magical premiere at Lincoln Center.

The London Symphony Orchestra and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic make dazzling visits—and the home team looks pretty anemic in comparison.

The Met pulls out all the star power it can for the season debut—with (mostly) spectacular results.

Richard Strauss’s 1942 'Capriccio' is usually a treat for the devout fan, but City Opera’s staging turns it grim and dowdy.

A new production’s weird staging can’t diminish the huge emotional scope of Britten’s 'Death in Venice.'

Lincoln Center’s latest attempt to rebrand the classics threatens to gum up the Mostly Mozart Festival.

All manner of fantastic creatures pop up: a chorus of frogs, airborne fairies, a fluttering nightingale, a juggling jester, a sleepy cat, a giant spider—even the poisonous spindle has a distinctive personality all its own.

A misbegotten concert staging of 'South Pacific' makes it clear why this show isn’t revived more often.

The opera CD is dead. Long live the videodisc!