Opera

The annual showcase of excerpts from operatic works-in-progress confirms the future is bright for today’s composers and librettists.

This new telling of The Tempest from composer Allen Shearer and librettist Claudia Stevens premieres March 25 at Herbst Theatre.

The new chamber opera about prophecy and instability is the climax of the artist’s yearlong residency at UC Berkeley.

Building on the company’s recent success, General Director Shawna Lucey unveils a lineup with more firsts and some welcome blasts from the past.

The famous 19th-century mezzo Pauline García Viardot wrote this work for her children and vocal students, and it still holds up today.

In a major recital for LA Opera, the tenor sings three world premieres dealing directly with being proudly gay.

Music Director James Conlon devises a citywide celebration of the composer ahead of LA Opera’s production of Pelléas and Mélisande.

As ever, the future of opera looks bright with this incoming class of singers, pianists, and stars in the making.

The company realizes Jack Perla’s one-act An American Dream in vivid detail.

The tight-knight vocal ensemble that specializes in the music of Eastern Europe has been developing BABA with conductor Karmina Šilec.