Lockwood, a composer who spins music from the sounds of the natural world, is sharing with and learning from a new generation of artists.

Sara Holdren’s new production for Heartbeat Opera takes its lead from Bulgakov’s Faustian novel “The Master and Margarita.”

The inspirations behind the staging of “Antony and Cleopatra,” which imagines a world in which celebrities can be tantamount to gods.

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra is making a fresh case for Douglas Moore’s “Giants in the Earth,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning but long obscure opera.

At Hudson Hall, the director R.B. Schlather leans on artists and musicians from the community. The results have made for better opera.

The legacy of this composer and conductor may not be in his rarely performed works, but in how we think about music itself.

The Fisher Center at Bard has announced a wave of works by artists including Suzan-Lori Parks, Courtney Bryan, Barrie Kosky and Lisa Kron.

The Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam has made dramatic moves to go green, from the materials it uses in productions to the food it serves.

Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner’s pioneering “Love Life” was thwarted by circumstance. Now, it is coming to Encores! at New York City Center.

This new opera assembles a compassionate, haunting portrait of the middle class that emerged from World War II and considers what they leave behind.