Opera

Mozart's music symbolizes the artistic eclecticism and cross-pollination audience members experience at the Beijing Music Festival.

Deluxe editions from Neil Young and The Cranberries and a world premiere recording of a long-lost opera highlight this week's new-release news.

Despite the presence of Stravinsky's 'Firebird,' it was a large new work by Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Reid that proved the program's creative centerpiece.

Even for an experimental-music aficionado, these works can be challenging to absorb. But it's worth exposing oneself to art that tears away boundaries and expectations

A new opera based on the life of the 12th-century Benedictine nun and visionary is one of the most enthralling theatrical experiences I can remember.

A new album that includes arias from the opera 'Quake' along with instrumental music reveals composer Kay Rhie's ability to adapt her style for abstraction and direct storytelling alike.

18th-century music that kept the lute alive, and a world premiere recording of an early 18th-century Scottish opera

Aucoin's vision asserts itself from the first touch of the first movement's mysterious music, with fluttering melodies from angsty high-pitched woodwinds and metallic percussion strokes.

The contemporary resurgence of the countertenor was on full display in a glorious concert staging of Handel's greatest opera.

Davis' seven-part song cycle for soprano, jazz trio and brass quintet provoked thought and admiration in Brooklyn.