Jake Heggie’s operatic adaptation of a singular holiday classic has its West Coast premiere.

Leonidas Kavakos exploits contrasts in the Violin Concerto and Tilson Thomas finds a fresh approach to The Rite of Spring.

Dan Dediu’s eccentric Grana rises above an otherwise staid program.

The "Transformations" program pairs Schoenberg's riotous Chamber Symphony No. 1 with intriguing new works by Julie Barwick and David Lipten.

The festival's third day questions how we communicate when sounds and meaning are divorced.

Great singing and comic staging bring out the best in Bellini's 1831 tale of a sleepwalking innocent.

In an ambitious program featuring pipa player Wu Man, the orchestra showed power in excess, with less finesse.

Stravinsky’s century-old piece still resonates with more power and urgency than the contemporary works it inspired.

In a concert featuring a wide range of subjects and inspiration, the older works fared best.