Barber’s Vanessa isn’t the forgotten marvel they say it is—but it’s a great vehicle for City Opera’s star soprano.

Old-style luxury returns (or does it?) at Fifteen Central Park West and the Plaza.

Verdi’s Macbeth returns to the Met, in awkward, stagy fashion.

Whether they’re built or not (and at least one will be), his designs imagine our city in gloriously exuberant terms.

Paul Jacobs can shake the rafters—and your soul.

The New York Philharmonic is as reliable and consistent as a metronome—and about as dull.

Natalie Dessay is a fabulous, if not exactly subtle, Lucia.

The architect who lost the battle over the Freedom Tower (though not, in his opinion, the war) may now build Manhattan’s tallest residential building. And he’s built a whole new career for himself by carefully mining the line between idealism and concession.

Herzog & de Meuron’s new condo building for Ian Schrager puts a swingy, dapper spin on the glass curtain wall.

On October 5, Miller Theatre will present a Esa-Pekka Salonen retrospective as part of its “Composer Portraits” series. He spoke with Justin Davidson.