Lisa Hirsch

The players are self-effacing in these pieces about spirituality and the natural world.

Eun Sun Kim leads a riveting performance and a cast of standouts, with three principals new to their roles.

The orchestra has added a handful of new musicians to its roster but is still looking to fill some major openings.

Mystery, haunting, and horror dominate a theatrically vivid summer from the company.

Contract negotiations between the orchestra and the musicians appear to be stalled.

Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s new opera hits the bull’s-eye in every possible way and engages audiences to boot.

In Peter Sellars’s semistaged production, everything from the orchestra to the principal performances is absolutely right.

The American music director reflects on her trailblazing career, important mentors, and the value of expanding the canon.

Stephen King’s bestselling novel comes to the opera stage with, thankfully, less luridness than Stanley Kubrick’s famous film adaptation.

Julia Wolfe’s new oratorio makes a passionate feminist argument that’s musically and theatrically unrelenting.