Opera

Budget cuts prune the company’s vision for a high-tech future.

The tireless conductor explains his enduring love for Verdi, how he plans an L.A. Opera season with Domingo, and why Mozart is a healing force.

The world premiere suffers from an overabundance of themes, creative voices, and rain.

The go-to coloratura talks about her special relationship with local ensembles and upcoming performances in wide-ranging roles.

The premiere of Jake Heggie’s If I Were You is just one of the highlights.

Raising more questions than it answers, Niloufar Talebi’s unconventional opera boasts fine performances and stylish staging.

Part of the composer’s seven-hour epic is performed in NYC, along with Gelsey Bell’s Within.

Plácido Domingo spearheads L.A. Opera’s brilliant production of the zarzuela classic.

Polymath Niloufar Talebi’s operatic performance piece premieres at Z Space this week.

Contemporary agitprop meets Philip Glass’s Kafkaesque opera.