Los Angeles

SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the Los Angeles area.

Jim Farber - November 7, 2023

The collaborative work involves L.A.’s recent poet laureate, composer Sarah Hennies, and a women’s whistling group.

Jim Farber - November 6, 2023

As amazing as the opera’s score and libretto are, the production has drawn raves for Kazan’s designs in particular.

Richard S. Ginell - November 5, 2023

The conductor-composer’s Tiu celebrates the 20th anniversary of Disney Hall in a concert that also features violinist Pekka Kuusisto.

Nicholas Jones - October 31, 2023

Heinrich Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien, dubbed Music to Accompany a Departure in this production, is radically reconfigured.

Jim Farber - October 31, 2023

LA Opera presents the 1935 film with live orchestral accompaniment at a vintage movie palace.

Josef Woodard - October 31, 2023

Sets by Ennis Harris and Mat Maneri at the Angel City Jazz Festival have plentiful cross-genre connections.

Victoria Looseleaf - October 30, 2023

The choreographer reimagines Rudyard Kipling’s characters in a world that’s been thrown into chaos by rising sea levels.

Victoria Looseleaf - October 30, 2023

Composer Fahad Siadat stages his oratorio-like version of a 12th-century Sufi epic at L.A.’s First Congregational Church.

Tom Jacobs - October 30, 2023

The ambitious experiment led by the SF Symphony, LA Phil, and San Diego Symphony will highlight the work of more than 140 composers.

Victoria Looseleaf - October 28, 2023

Ray has long been one of Los Angeles’ go-to contemporary musicians, and she delights in any piece that stretches her as a performer.