Opera

The new opera may not be aggressively attention-grabbing, but it is rich, evocative, and deeply felt.

The one-evening version of Richard Wagner’s mythic tetralogy is well sung and played but light on character development and nuance.

The arts administrator, set to lead Lyric Opera of Chicago, formerly worked for the SF Symphony and the LA Phil, among others.

Mozart’s drama is brought to life by a superb young cast under the top-notch direction of Patricia Racette.

A heralded young singer prefers the recital setting to the opera house and is making her mark in art-song repertory.

Festival performances of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and John Adams’s Violin Concerto are spectacular.

The company is betting on Bulrusher, Eisa Davis’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play as set by composer Nathaniel Stookey.

The psychedelic homage to West Coast iconoclast Pauline Oliveros is absorbing but missing some key components of her legacy.

A lieder recital by soprano Lisa Delan is followed by a concert featuring the up-and-coming Manetti Shrem Opera Fellows.

The 2024–2025 class of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program is a diverse and talented group.