Opera

The psychedelic homage to West Coast iconoclast Pauline Oliveros is absorbing but missing some key components of her legacy.

A lieder recital by soprano Lisa Delan is followed by a concert featuring the up-and-coming Manetti Shrem Opera Fellows.

The 2024–2025 class of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program is a diverse and talented group.

The latest talented group of Merolini, on their way to stardom, wows an appreciative audience.

The opera here sports a powerful cast and Mark Elder conducting a fully committed London Symphony Orchestra.

This version of the opera, captured in concerts with the LA Phil last year, improves on any live performance.

The Walnut Creek company is staging Francis Poulenc’s La voix humaine in dialogue with Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

Christopher Alden’s witty production is matched with brilliant singing and acting in this top-notch staging.

Expect the usual innovative approaches to subject matter and staging, especially in the long-awaited new production of Harvey Milk.

In its West Coast premiere, Gregory Spears’s opera about two closeted gay men is a moving reminder of what’s always at stake with love.