Wilson, who died this week at 83, created works of otherworldly dreaminess that were also deeply human.

Fleming is making her directorial debut in Colorado working with young artists on Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte,” an opera in which she appeared early in…

Calm and graceful, this cello piece by Bach slowly dances through hopefulness, longing and introspection.

Des Moines Metro Opera has become one of the country’s most successful smaller companies doing adventurous repertory in a 467-seat space.

The director, one of the most influential in opera, is staging new productions in New York, France and Austria this summer.

In this short piano piece, an intimate song without words, Brahms holds back the tears, which makes it heartbreaking.

A Monteverdi masterpiece and a new work by George Lewis are played simultaneously in an American Modern Opera Company production at Lincoln Center.

Brendel, who died on Tuesday at 94, concentrated on a small number of canonical composers, mainly Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.

Birds joined in for the blissed-out sounds of concerts organized by the adventurous flutist Claire Chase at the Ojai Music Festival in California.

Memorable performances included a pair of Strauss operas, a suave villain, a star soprano in “Fidelio” and a new conductor in “Le Nozze di Figaro.”