San Francisco

This version of the opera, captured in concerts with the LA Phil last year, improves on any live performance.

The Walnut Creek company is staging Francis Poulenc’s La voix humaine in dialogue with Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

Christopher Alden’s witty production is matched with brilliant singing and acting in this top-notch staging.

Expect the usual innovative approaches to subject matter and staging, especially in the long-awaited new production of Harvey Milk.

In its West Coast premiere, Gregory Spears’s opera about two closeted gay men is a moving reminder of what’s always at stake with love.

The composer’s latest opera, recorded shortly after its 2023 premiere, has a spare but intriguing setup.

The company’s current production of Otto Nicolai’s 1849 singspiel might have just a little too much of everything.

Played simultaneously on a rotating turntable, the double production invites speculation on power relations and much more.

Lisa Mezzacappa and Beth Lisick’s The Electronic Lover captures the world of emotions that can exist in the chat room.

Opera Parallèle stages Spears’s Fellow Travelers this month, while Santa Fe Opera is set for the world premiere of The Righteous later this summer.