Reviews

ABS did a terrific job with the most winning of Handel’s theater works, introducing a fine soprano in the process.

Tobias Picker's opera is revived by the adventurous, if shoestring-budgeted, Los Angeles company.

Meeting the challenge of Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony is a struggle for both orchestra and audience, but the OEBS made it look easy.

Continuing on from Infinite Jest, John Adams continues to mine Beethoven for musical ideas.

Forget “autumnal”: The Budapest Festival Orchestra brought full-throated, heroic Brahms symphonies to Davies Symphony Hall.

Anne Sofie von Otter is a great performer you root for. But her recital with pianist Angela Hewitt was not all gold, despite that.

A star-studded week wrapped up as John Adams conducted his Grand Pianola Music and Malcolm MacDowell and Elvis Costello headlined A Soldier's Tale.

Only months after retiring from the New York City Ballet at 47, the famous principal ballerina performs new works by four male choreographers who also dance with her on stage.

Jon Nakamatsu teamed with Symphony Silicon Valley, the 1927-designed California Theatre, and works by Gershwin and Ravel to transport audiences back to the roaring ‘20s.

A night of stars that felt more like a great, improvised house concert, full of wit and humor.