San Francisco

Kate Soper’s “philosophy-opera” gets an outstanding production from director James Darrah and Long Beach Opera.

The Finnish composer’s late masterpiece, about a school shooting and its enduring effects, premieres at SF Opera.

Arranger and bandleader John Clayton has completed the score for The Africa Suite using unfinished recordings from Peterson’s “vault.”

With “Shifting Ground,” a commissioning and recording project, Kenney is approaching Baroque music as the start of something contemporary.

Hear how composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell approached the adaptation in a new recording from Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

Barrie Kosky and Suzanne Andrade’s richly imagined production is a visual feast, though sometimes at the cost of the music and the action.

Ten years after its last residency here, the band returns to run through its entire album catalog in a nine-concert stay.

Thomas is set to premiere Fire and Blue Sky, a song cycle written for him by composer Joel Thompson and poet Imani Tolliver.

The composer has again teamed up with librettist Gene Scheer for this latest commission from the Seattle-based Music of Remembrance.

The company has created outlets and events to help people deal with the emotions of this opera about a school shooting.