If pop acts go on tour to plug their albums, why shouldn’t Cecilia Bartoli or Renée fleming?

Sheer musical excellence is what drives this 'Cosi,' one of those now-I-can-die-happy performances that comes along rarely.

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.

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

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

As if acknowledging his ascent to the top ranks of conducting, a supremely confident Simon Rattle led the Philadelphians in Schoenberg's massive "Gurrelieder."

Four centuries old and nineteen hours long, the exquisite 'Peony Pavilion' still mesmerizes as a tale of love begun in fantasy but realized in life.