Steven Winn

The first public performance of this year’s class of Merola Opera Program singers showcases some major talent.

The orchestra under Donald Runnicles, soprano Nina Stemme, and David Hockney’s color-saturated set designs are the stars of this extravagant production.

The South Bay company tests its mettle in the composer’s youthful, turbulent work.

Baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu put together a gripping ode to the mysteries and spiritual depths of the night.

The conductor and soloist Joshua Bell collaborate on a finely wrought performance of the composer’s Violin Concerto.

Luxuriously cast, expertly directed, and conducted with fiery abandon by Richard Egarr, the show made the case for Handel’s fifth Italian opera.

The piano arrangement of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring highlights a wittingly wild program.

The singer traverses an astonishing thematic, emotional, and temporal range in just 90 minutes.

The prodigious player is joined by pianist Elliot Wuu for Felix Mendelssohn’s Sonata No. 2 and adds in a Bach suite.

The guest conductor finds the brilliance in the premiere of Elizabeth Ogonek’s Moondog and a concerto with violinist James Ehnes.