The long-awaited New York debut of Richard Strauss’s late, great, underappreciated (and finally back in vogue) Greek opera, Daphne.

A Great Day in New York Concert series, Plácido Domingo

Jessye Norman, Recitals at Carnegie Hall, accompanied by James Levine at the piano.
Hans Werner Henze, Symphony No. 9, with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Kurt Masur.

Ta'ziyeh of the Children of Moslem

Thomas Adès takes the naughty Duchess of Argyll as the subject of his fine first opera.

The Met’s new production of Les Troyens may be visually problematic, but the singing and drama dazzle.

In 1984, Gerard Schwarz and Mostly Mozart botched Richard Strauss's reworking of Mozart's problem opera. This time around, they got it right.

A reissue of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" reveals Beverly Sill's early greatness.

With Plácido Domingo onstage and James Levine in the pit, the Met opened its season with a heavy dose of the tried and the true -- a sound decision, as it turned out.