Opera

In the director’s latest opus, a vintage W.E.B. Du Bois story and a classic Baroque opera collide. Here’s why they go together.

Beth Morrison Projects commissioned 14 composers to work on this operatic setting of Marie Howe’s book of poems about womanhood.

Kate Soper’s “philosophy-opera” gets an outstanding production from director James Darrah and Long Beach Opera.

The Finnish composer’s late masterpiece, about a school shooting and its enduring effects, premieres at SF Opera.

Hear how composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell approached the adaptation in a new recording from Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

Barrie Kosky and Suzanne Andrade’s richly imagined production is a visual feast, though sometimes at the cost of the music and the action.

Thomas is set to premiere Fire and Blue Sky, a song cycle written for him by composer Joel Thompson and poet Imani Tolliver.

The composer has again teamed up with librettist Gene Scheer for this latest commission from the Seattle-based Music of Remembrance.

The company has created outlets and events to help people deal with the emotions of this opera about a school shooting.

Anchored by James Conlon’s masterful conducting and a world-class cast, this production has everything.