Avery Boettcher shines as the opera’s tragic protagonist, but middling results from her counterparts weigh down the production.
The company’s music director is leaving the post after an eventful tenure and looking forward to working on new projects.
Taking advantage of Mozart’s ambiguous final scene, Opera San José lets the audience vote on how the opera ends.
25 years after its world premiere, Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking returns to SF Opera, through Sep. 28.