Opera

Sulker is indispensable on the local scene for her wide repertory, acting skills, and musicality.

The orchestra presents a ravishing reading of Bartók’s opera, plus a colorful — and perfumed — account of Scriabin’s tone poem.

William Grant Still’s Highway 1 captures headlines, but Alexander Zemlinsky’s The Dwarf is powerful in its revival.

SF Performances hosts the world-renowned tenor in a recital that includes many songs off his successful recording project.

The company may only be staging six productions next season, but there’s an abundance of quality in the concepts and casts.

Morley brings her deep musicality to a varied garden-themed recital for Cal Performances.

LA Opera is staging Highway 1, USA in a new production by Kaneza Schaal, with James Conlon conducting.

The violinist played a significant role in establishing the company’s orchestra as a freestanding ensemble.

It’s an upgrade over the HBO film, though the opera has few traces of the singer or Nirvana’s music.

The soprano delivers an eclectic program based on her album Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene.