Opera

One of American opera’s great innovators and champions unveils his memorial plaque.

Gregory Spears’s new opera is in repertory with L’elisir d’amore, Don Giovanni, and Der Rosenkavalier.

A couple of standout artists from the 2024 class of the Merola Opera Program shine bright in this season-ending showcase.

The cellist’s brief but brilliant career is captured in soprano Marnie Breckenridge’s stunning performance for West Edge Opera.

The new opera may not be aggressively attention-grabbing, but it is rich, evocative, and deeply felt.

The one-evening version of Richard Wagner’s mythic tetralogy is well sung and played but light on character development and nuance.

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.