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Spartan staging and concise instrumentation showcase an intriguing score and mostly outstanding performances.

The intrepid company masters the challenges of Debussy's opera of doomed love.

Director Nicolas Aliaga finds a timely, serious theme amidst the zany antics of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic.

One of jazz history’s most idiosyncratic individuals gets a Bay Area festival all his own.

Merola Opera stages Stravinsky’s neoclassical masterwork, and succeeds in the end.

The world-famous recording venue will close in mid-September.

The alto sax legend, who recently turned 79, plays the final week of the Stanford Jazz Festival.

Fela Kuti’s son extends his father’s legacy, while creating his own.

Delightful productions of Orfeo ed Euridice and Rossini’s La Cenerentola are staged on consecutive evenings.

A new opera, based on historical records, brings the life of the exotic dancer to the West Edge Opera stage.