Los Angeles

The folksy composer and instrumentalist fronts a program honoring former composer-in-residence Steven Stucky.

The orchestra commissions six new works in a variety of styles.

Glass’s second-most-improbable opera will be seen in the famous staging that cemented the show in the international repertory.

The vibrant new composition works brilliantly in tandem with a transitional work from Esa-Pekka Salonen.

The beginning of a long celebration emphasized everything that’s special about the orchestra and the city.

The superstar violinist is the standout in a program that didn’t always work.

The orchestra fills eight miles with a musical block party that showcases diversity.

Shawn Kirchner’s Songs of Ascent provides a powerful contrast with the Mozart Requiem.

L.A. Opera’s Don Carlo proves that Plácido Domingo is forever young.

Two masterful orchestras put the jazz back in “Jazz at the Bowl.”