Opera

Mack is drawing on wells of passion, charisma, and technique to sing roles in Ainadamar at LA Opera and Idomeneo at SF Opera.

Patricia Racette directs this top-notch production at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, which welcomed its first class 50 years ago.

Performed aboard the RMS Queen Mary, the production is a madcap but ultimately loving homage to the composer.

The company is staging composer Héctor Armienta’s intrepid 2022 opera following the success of last year’s Florencia en el Amazonas.

Kicking off The Soraya’s LA Seen festival, Blanchard plays excerpts from Champion and Fire Shut Up in My Bones.

The Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir is set to sing the world premiere of Eric Tuan’s Echoes of Eureka.

Tenor Michael John Butler gives a stunning account of Schumann’s Dichterliebe in a program that also features baritone Olivier Zerouali.

The production is silly fun, but the cast’s singing and James Conlon’s music direction are serious standouts.

The South African artist and a team of collaborators combine surrealism, time travel, and stagecraft in this production at Cal Performances.

Opera Parallèle’s The Pigeon Keeper is a production for everyone, with a strong moral and moving performances.