Opera

With Damien Geter’s Ravel-like score, the moving production rounds out West Edge Opera’s summer festival to great effect.

Festival Aix-en-Provence just produced a season of opera unmatched practically anywhere this year. Here's a full report on the extraordinary performances.

The ebullient production of Richard Strauss’ opera hits the mark musically and dramatically, as the young Merolini shine.

Keturah Stickann’s staging gives Handel's Rinaldo an animated Spiderman vibe that maximizes the work’s virtues.

Mark Streshinsky’s cinematic rendering of Benjamin Britten’s opera is a masterclass in psychological drama. The production runs at West Edge Opera through Aug. 15.

Armed with new insights, a director, conductor, and soprano return to a work they performed together 13 years ago.

A Berkeley program ties Mozart's Parisian era to Enlightenment ideals, always sounds fresh, and never overstays its welcome.

Veering between comedy and heartbreak, the opera made a rare Bay Area appearance in Pocket’s well-done production.

Peter Whelan’s debut as Philharmonia Baroque’s music director is a smashing success thanks to a brilliant cast and orchestra.

The world premiere of Jake Heggie’s comic opera about the legendary 1976 blind tasting is a hometown victory.