Opera

Featuring powerful settings of Langston Hughes texts, a new recording with pianist Paul Sánchez highlights a century of works by Black composers.

Both companies announced major appointments to include Black artists in top-level artistic decision-making and in outreach programs.

A new nonprofit connects singers and instrumentalists with advanced instructional and coaching materials via a low-cost, online platform.

As the coronavirus surge reaches yet another peak, the entertainment industry and music organizations extend a production hiatus.

Beth Morrison Projects, HERE Arts Center, and LA Opera bring Modulation, a meditation on 2020 from 13 different composers, to fruition.

Baritone Quinn Kelsey headlines a performance that combines opera and local culture.

If grand opera won’t fly in the pandemic, these smaller productions will.

Hot off her success in Porgy and Bess and a nonstop run of gigs, the feted singer reflects on an artist’s life in the mandated slow lane.

Offered without critique, a smorgasbord of recorded music released this year.

The Jake Heggie/Gene Scheer opera is available for streaming through Dec. 31.