City Opera's pairing of Ravel's whimsical operas "L'Heure Espagnole" and "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" is Sendak-inspired silliness.

Video-opera Three Tales warns of the perils of technology -- but might do well to heed its own lesson; András Schiff would make Bach proud; a young Russian tenor flunks Bizet.

For City Opera, Mark Morris takes Rameau's delectable, very un-p.c. farce "Platée" even further out of bounds, reconceiving the heroine as a chick with flippers.

Where have you gone, Leonard Bernstein? The composer’s current comeback is a reminder of his legacy as a master proselytizer.

Maestro Maazel shows he’s got his Philharmonic working in near-perfect harmony; Donizetti surely doesn’t deserve the City Opera’s new Lucia.

Another concert in the unfolding celebration of George Gershwin's music finds parallels in the works of Oscar Levant, Vernon Duke, and Maurice Ravel.

A Danish company's take on the Orpheus legend is so much smoke and shimmers

Scenic mishaps almost overshadow the lyrical action in the Kirov’s Kitezh; The Demon returns; a masterful Eugene Onegin.