Opera

If grand opera won’t fly in the pandemic, these smaller productions will.

Hot off her success in Porgy and Bess and a nonstop run of gigs, the feted singer reflects on an artist’s life in the mandated slow lane.

Offered without critique, a smorgasbord of recorded music released this year.

The Jake Heggie/Gene Scheer opera is available for streaming through Dec. 31.

Let these virtual concerts send you to your happy place until we can all look on 2020 in hindsight.

The renowned mezzo-soprano talks about opera in the age of COVID-19 and her upcoming role in Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers with Opera San José.

The usual suspects are still cleaning up, but there are some intriguing nominees as well.

The Missy Mazzoli opera is next up from the company’s promising On Now platform.

SF Girls Chorus and Ars Minerva team up for Juditha Triumphans and works by Barbara Strozzi and Isabella Leonarda.

The only surviving opera by Joseph Bologne has staying power in LA Opera’s production.