Sala: New England Conservatory: Jordan Hall, Boston

A rare chance to see the first extant opera written by a woman, Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’ isola d’ Alcina. 

Gil Rose conducts all three of Rachmaninov's operas in Boston, with impressive performances making a convincing case for at least two of them. 

Eine Feierstunde, die Josquins Vollkommenheit und der eigenen Vokalqualitäten des Ensembles huldigte.

Bezuidenhout and the Handel and Haydn Society offer the Boston audience an entirely different sound world where the music sings in a new voice. 

An earnest, posthumous premiere of a flawed opera from Odyssey Opera and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

Odyssey Opera's Tudor themed season opens with Saint-Saëns' Henry VIII in which Ellie Dehn's Catherine of Aragon steals the show. 

The Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra led by Robert Mealy, with soprano Emőke Baráth and dancers Caroline Copeland and Pierre-François Dollé, showcase Rameau's vitality and originality.

A concert performance in Boston of Strauss' rarely heard opera, The Egyptian Helen.