Kate Soper’s latest stage work freely moves between legend and anachronism for a story about three virgins taking charge of their bodies.

Arthur Russell, a victim of AIDS, composed fluidly in many genres. His “City Park” has been reconstructed for a new generation.

The company, a haven for contemporary and innovative opera, presented a scaled back yet rich edition of its season-opening festival.

The tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in “Doppelganger,” a staging of “Schwanengesang” by Claus Guth, making his New York debut.

Julia Bullock, an artist of sensitivity and intelligence, appeared at the Park Avenue Armory with the pianist John Arida.

At 93, the Finnish classical music eminence Jorma Panula has generations of students spread around the globe, with more on the way.

Long a rising star, she is getting a new Metropolitan Opera production built around her, and it’s the house’s first Spanish-language show.

Maxime Pascal, a latecomer to classical music, forged an unusual path to the podium that has paid off for him and for audiences.

Among the company’s annual summer offerings, Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo,” from 1607 but newly reorchestrated and imaginatively staged, stands out.

Claus Guth’s entertaining and often sexy new staging of Handel’s opera-oratorio hybrid in Munich is a coproduction with the Metropolitan Opera.