Zachary Woolfe

Streamlining Melville’s sprawling novel, Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s moody, monochromatic 2010 adaptation has come to the Metropolitan Opera.

Vikingur Olafsson and Yuja Wang appeared at Carnegie Hall with a unified approach to works by Schubert, John Adams, Rachmaninoff and more.

Some of the most memorable moments in the orchestra’s program this week, led by Karina Canellakis, were extremely soft.

Heartbeat Opera specializes in daring reductions of the classics, and this may be its most implausible undertaking yet.

Lisa Streich, an artist on the rise who has found success in Europe, is having a rare American showcase this week in New York.

The ensemble, a New York original, keeps its players busy with work off the beaten path, whether Schubert rarities or “The Lord of the Rings.”

Productions take very different approaches to the central symbol of this epic cycle, treating Wagner with daring freedom.

The conductor Nathalie Stutzmann led Lorin Maazel’s coolly efficient 1987 distillation, “The ‘Ring’ Without Words,” at David Geffen Hall.

Kevin John Edusei and Daniele Rustioni, conductors in their 40s, made impressive debuts with the orchestra in back-to-back programs.

The booming bass-baritone stars in Puccini’s “Tosca” after ill-timed injuries kept him away from the Metropolitan Opera, where he was a perennial favorite.