Lisa Hirsch

Boston Lyric Opera and Long Beach Opera team up with eight composers to create the adventurous desert in.

The conductor laureate elicits a nuanced performance of this underperformed gem from the SF Symphony.

Wolfe’s piece figures prominently in a mélange of a concert.

One myth, four takes, 240 years of opera history.

A John Adams premiere and Daniil Trifonov playing Rachmaninoff round out the evening.

A new opera from Poul Ruders reimagines a Grimm fairy tale.

The composer’s work, based on a women’s vocal tradition of Hunan Province, dominates the festival’s Saturday concert.

Berlioz’s mammoth work has undergone something of a revival. Singers Brandon Jovanovich and Christian Van Horn share their experiences from three recent productions.

The history of French opera begins not in Paris but at that infamous royal residence.

Works by living composers reveal the composer’s ongoing influence.