Opera

Tenor Edward Graves, a former Adler Fellow, talks about playing the Duke of Mantua for the first time.

The Metropolitan Opera star chats about cultivating a relationship with the company and her upcoming nature-inspired program for Cal Performances.

In the aftermath of the pandemic, Long Beach Opera’s latest production envisions healing and transformation.

The company is cutting back on contemporary offerings for now, canceling what would have been the world premiere of Mason Bates’s new opera.

Spectacularly cast and flawlessly performed, the show is bound to leave any Wagnerite at Disney Hall begging for another Ring installment.

At Disney Hall, a production of Wagner’s Das Rheingold features scenic design by the architect of the iconic L.A. venue.

The philanthropist and composer has many reasons to celebrate this month, including an award from SF Opera.

The singers put poetry first in this condensed version of John Adams’s opera-oratorio.

Opera has always been a space for gender-bending. Trans artists are trying to make it work for them.

Both Anthony Davis’s X and Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas are modern classics, and the Met gives them excellent productions.