Jim Farber

The Los Angeles baritone is up-close and personal in a cabaret show at Boston Court Pasadena.

LA Phil catches fire with a pan-American concert of old favorites and a world premiere.

The Broadway baritone talks Light in the Piazza at LA Opera and a path not taken at the Met years ago.

Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s raucous Gershwin concerto, and Copland’s Appalachian Spring make for a summery opener at Disney Hall.

The rapier-witted, cantankerous, prizewinning classical-music critic for the LA Times died Sept. 29.

Move over Hollywood, there’s a new 800-pound gorilla on the block.

Strong performances bolster Barrie Kosky’s edgy production of the Puccini favorite.

The new production opens LA Opera’s season on Sept. 14.

Laura Karpman literally throws in the kitchen sink on a commissioned premiere for the orchestra.

This Japan-England-America mashup will be very welcome to opera fans.