Steven Winn

The popular mezzo-soprano justifies her adulation in a standout performance of an eerie Berlioz cantata.

Music Director Alan Gilbert’s muscular approach made a tame program exciting and fresh.

The heralded composer’s much-anticipated premiere was just one gem in a dazzling evening of sonic and temporal connections explored by Pablo Heras-Casado and the S.F Symphony.

Singing the praises of Mendelssohn’s underrated “Hymn of Praise” symphony in a powerhouse performance by Philharmonia Baroque and an augmented Philharmonia Chorale.

New Opera NYC’s Julia Lima and Viktor Antipenko are thrilling in Tchaikovsky one-act opera.

The Mexican-American baritone delivered a fascinating and linguistically diverse program without getting tongue-tied.

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields fielded a great soloist on Sunday, but missed a conductor’s attention.

The “opera in jazz” follows the life of aging, dementia-scarred prize fighter Emile Griffith.

Less musically brilliant than the Rossini favorite, Giovanni Paisiello's Barber of Seville still provided plenty of sparkle and musical comedy.

The orchestra welcomed fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout as soloist in an all-Mozart program.