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“The Comet/Poppea” radically pares down a classic and blends it with a premiere by George E. Lewis for an original show that will travel widely.

Anthony Davis has written operas based on recent history. But now he is adapting, and dramatically changing, Wharton’s 1912 novel “The Reef.”

Terence Blanchard and Anthony Davis, recent pioneers at the Metropolitan Opera, returned to earlier works in a pair of performances over the weekend.

This selection of works, available to rent and purchase, features some of today’s boldest directors and greatest vocal talents.

In an evening built to entertain, there was also depth in Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s conducting and the cellist Edgar Moreau’s playing.

This essential organization gives fresh, entertaining life to music theater curiosities. What if it had more money?

The American Composers Orchestra, which occupies an essential place in the New York scene, presented an evening of several new works at Zankel Hall.

A recent recipient of the MacArthur “genius” grant, this pianist and composer fuses different styles for a sound that is entirely her own.

Institutions are cutting back, but in corners of the city there is still new music to be found, like song cycles by Ted Hearne and...

With the jazz combo Sexmob, this enduring avant-gardist revisited vintage and recent songs with a grooving spirit.