San Francisco

Lisa Mezzacappa and Beth Lisick’s The Electronic Lover captures the world of emotions that can exist in the chat room.

Opera Parallèle stages Spears’s Fellow Travelers this month, while Santa Fe Opera is set for the world premiere of The Righteous later this summer.

Grant draws on years of musical mastery in his exploration of the ensemble that pioneered jazz-classical fusion.

In the director’s latest opus, a vintage W.E.B. Du Bois story and a classic Baroque opera collide. Here’s why they go together.

Irene Young was instrumental in documenting an artistic moment, but her work shouldn’t be restricted to a single time or place.

Beth Morrison Projects commissioned 14 composers to work on this operatic setting of Marie Howe’s book of poems about womanhood.

The sounds of wind and sea surge in Cerrone’s latest piece for the Boston-based Lorelei Ensemble.

Kate Soper’s “philosophy-opera” gets an outstanding production from director James Darrah and Long Beach Opera.

The Finnish composer’s late masterpiece, about a school shooting and its enduring effects, premieres at SF Opera.

Arranger and bandleader John Clayton has completed the score for The Africa Suite using unfinished recordings from Peterson’s “vault.”