Opera

As wonderfully as Giacomo Puccini’s opera has been served in the studio, this Warner Classics release is up there with the best.

With James Conlon conducting a sensitive account of the score, and a fine cast to boot, there is no mystery to the success of this production.

Allen Shearer and Claudia Stevens’s operatic take on The Tempest succeeds most in musical moments that depart entirely from the original.

Though the competition is formidable, Willis-Sørensen stands up to the greatest sopranos who have interpreted this song cycle.

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.