Opera

The arts administrator, set to lead Lyric Opera of Chicago, formerly worked for the SF Symphony and the LA Phil, among others.

Mozart’s drama is brought to life by a superb young cast under the top-notch direction of Patricia Racette.

A heralded young singer prefers the recital setting to the opera house and is making her mark in art-song repertory.

Festival performances of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and John Adams’s Violin Concerto are spectacular.

The company is betting on Bulrusher, Eisa Davis’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play as set by composer Nathaniel Stookey.

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.