Los Angeles

An all-star cast, including Renée Fleming, sings splendidly, but the show skirts many of the issues it raises.

The departing dean of the music school at CalArts is still excited about fresh ideas and new approaches to making music.

The arts presenter is consolidating leadership while beefing up its already strong performance schedule.

The Venezuelan conductor brings out the best in his new orchestra in wildly different works by Gustav Mahler and Mason Bates.

The Broadway baritone talks Light in the Piazza at LA Opera and a path not taken at the Met years ago.

Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s raucous Gershwin concerto, and Copland’s Appalachian Spring make for a summery opener at Disney Hall.

Christian McBride and Brian Blades join the pianist in an endlessly inventive set of fresh-sounding standards.

Harassment allegations force the legendary singer’s departure.

The orchestra’s chief operating officer moves up to the hot seat.

The rapier-witted, cantankerous, prizewinning classical-music critic for the LA Times died Sept. 29.