Los Angeles

A world premiere at the LA Phil and a significant revival at Long Beach Opera offer an intriguing overview of the composer’s ideas.

LACO shows its strengths throughout the challenging, unusual program from Seattle Symphony’s upcoming music director.

Philip Glass’s portrait of Gandhi’s early career is vital and suggestive in the celebrated production by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Gives Prokofiev’s ballet an L.A. spin.

The visionary jazz artist continues to find new expression through his compositions and personal performances.

The folksy composer and instrumentalist fronts a program honoring former composer-in-residence Steven Stucky.

The orchestra commissions six new works in a variety of styles.

Glass’s second-most-improbable opera will be seen in the famous staging that cemented the show in the international repertory.

The vibrant new composition works brilliantly in tandem with a transitional work from Esa-Pekka Salonen.

The beginning of a long celebration emphasized everything that’s special about the orchestra and the city.