Los Angeles

The upcoming year at the performing arts center on the Cal State Northridge campus promises a little bit of everything.

Kate Soper’s “philosophy-opera” gets an outstanding production from director James Darrah and Long Beach Opera.

With “Shifting Ground,” a commissioning and recording project, Kenney is approaching Baroque music as the start of something contemporary.

Brett Mitchell’s inaugural season as music director is the next chapter in the orchestra’s nearly century-long history.

Montero offers a brilliant improvised encore, in addition to a Mozart concerto, on this program that also includes a new work by Nina Shekhar.

Ten years after its last residency here, the band returns to run through its entire album catalog in a nine-concert stay.

Thomas is set to premiere Fire and Blue Sky, a song cycle written for him by composer Joel Thompson and poet Imani Tolliver.

The piano duo plays music to accompany the visual antics of Man Ray and René Clair.

The pianist has curated a variegated set of concerts, embracing the festival’s tradition of adventure.

Anchored by James Conlon’s masterful conducting and a world-class cast, this production has everything.