Opera

SFCV’s perceptive writers report on topics relevant to opera.

Lisa Hirsch - March 4, 2025

A solid cast makes this a winning production of Mozart’s masterpiece.

Victoria Looseleaf - March 4, 2025

The hardworking young star, who’s back at LA Opera this month for Così fan tutte, knows his business and what to do next with his career.

Michael Zwiebach - February 25, 2025

Casting this opera well is difficult even for bigger houses, but WBO manages it.

Jim Farber - February 24, 2025

Composer Mary Kouyoumdjian’s new opera comes to the company’s Off Grand series in a brilliantly visceral production.

Victoria Looseleaf - February 18, 2025

This new work by composer Daniel Kessner and librettist Lionelle Hamanaka is set to take the stage at Los Angeles’ Aratani Theatre.

Lisa Hirsch - February 17, 2025

Strong singing and direction give Béla Bartók’s one-act chiller plenty of thrills in this production from OSJ’s Shawna Lucey.

Tom Jacobs - February 11, 2025

The company’s longtime music director will bid adieu with productions of West Side Story, Falstaff, and The Magic Flute.

Tom Jacobs - February 11, 2025

Composer Mary Kouyoumdjian’s adaptation of this film about intergenerational trauma comes to LA Opera.

Janos Gereben - February 11, 2025

Opera fanatics, rejoice! The company’s online performance database is back up and running.

Lou Fancher - February 10, 2025

Composer Max Giteck Duykers and librettist Philip Kan Gotanda have crafted an opera focusing on a family caught up in World War II.