Jason Victor Serinus

A documentary unexpectedly spurs a charity relief effort to rebuild a music school in Haiti.

Carmen, with its string of great tunes that never fails to lure audiences to the opera house, lacks the spark of life at Livermore Valley Opera.

Make plans to see these performances to satisfy your desire to hear great vocalists at the peak of their artistry.

Sumptuous vocalism displayed in a personal grab bag of soprano-rarities marks Renée Fleming’s latest CD.

Music Director Dawn Harms is challenging the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony’s volunteer musicians to master a complex program with star soloists.

A presentation of the Goat Rodeo Sessions offers a star-studded lineup and an evening of musicianship at its finest.

Though not a perfect Verdi tenor, Kaufmann is viscerally exciting and among the best we have right now.

The Merola Grand Finale 2013 displayed one of the finest choruses anyone will ever hear perform the finale from Bernstein’s Candide, showcasing six principals, each of whom sang as though stardom is already theirs.

As a way of bidding Rossini adieu, or so she intimates, Kurzak has at last produced an entire disc of the composer’s scenes and arias, many of which are rarely performed.

Opera-stars-in-the-making strut their stuff in a delightfully attractive and well-blended Marriage of Figaro.