Jim Farber

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

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

Contemporary agitprop meets Philip Glass’s Kafkaesque opera.

Esa-Pekka Salonen and Peter Sellars explore the lost world of Persèphone.

The Santa Monica series focuses on a musical crossroads.

With a new production of El Gato Montés, Los Angeles Opera and Plácido Domingo’s campaign to promote Spanish opera picks up speed.

The violinist’s exuberant performance overshadowed the rest of the concert.

POP’s striking new production features a bilingual libretto.

Mozart sets the stage, with Jeffrey Kahane returning to the podium — and the piano.

The premiere of Adams’s new piano concerto is devilish fun.