Police confirm that a Metro-North passenger train has derailed in the Bronx. A woman at the scene says numerous emergency vehicles have responded. Police sources told NBC and the New York Daily News that at least four people died after the commuter train headed towards Grand Central derailed around 7:20 AM. The FDNY confirmed the 4 deaths in a press conference. They also said that at least 67 people were injured, 11 seriously. Of the 4 people killed, 3 were thrown from the train after...

This is the first New York production of the little-known “Orpheus,” composed in 1726, which came to attention when a manuscript was discovered in 1978. The work is no historical curiosity but a beguiling and innovative opera with an unabashedly eclectic score. Though simple, the modern-dress production by the director Rebecca Taichman, with sets and costumes by David Zinn, is at once fanciful and daring. Ms. Taichman draws nuanced and vulnerable performances from a young, attractive cast. Gary...