San Francisco

Three new and recent operas are appearing in the 2023–2024 lineup, along with some favorite masterworks.

Memorial concerts this month celebrate the lives of two Bay Area jazzmen.

Now a decade old, Prototype continues to introduce work that will soon reach audiences everywhere, like a winning double bill from Emma O’Halloran.

But it’s the Clara Schumann Piano Trio that makes this recording particularly valuable.

The composer leads a thoroughly reworked version of his opera with the original soloists and the LA Phil.

Even though opera companies have returned to the stage, some are continuing to experiment with serialized digital offerings.

The composer is far from his rock ’n’ roll roots with this recent recording of two major orchestral works.

West Edge Opera has become, perhaps, the most important incubator of new musical theater on the West Coast.

The company marks 90 years with nine new works that play January through February.

Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater heads up the latest configuration of this all-star band that looks to both jazz’s past and future.