San Francisco

With the discovery of master tapes for the original Peanuts TV specials, one of America’s most underrated jazz figures gets the spotlight.

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.

The composer’s latest opera, recorded shortly after its 2023 premiere, has a spare but intriguing setup.

The company’s current production of Otto Nicolai’s 1849 singspiel might have just a little too much of everything.

Played simultaneously on a rotating turntable, the double production invites speculation on power relations and much more.