Joe Cadagin

A straightforward production of Richard Strauss’s beautiful score.

Leonidas Kavakos exploits contrasts in the Violin Concerto and Tilson Thomas finds a fresh approach to The Rite of Spring.

West Edge Opera continues to delve into challenging contemporary works with this West-Coast premiere.

Dan Dediu’s eccentric Grana rises above an otherwise staid program.

The eccentric and enormous work was lucid in the orchestra’s hands.

The "Transformations" program pairs Schoenberg's riotous Chamber Symphony No. 1 with intriguing new works by Julie Barwick and David Lipten.

Composer Martin Matalon’s score for a 1919 silent film comedy isn’t meant as underscoring, and that’s part of the problem.

The festival's third day questions how we communicate when sounds and meaning are divorced.

Bard Music West's second festival focused on a composer whose music still seems current.

Great singing and comic staging bring out the best in Bellini's 1831 tale of a sleepwalking innocent.