Jim Farber

Vocal performances are the strong suit in the fledgling company’s inaugural production.

The orchestral portion of LA Phil’s third-annual new-music marathon played it too safe.

The Canadian soprano/conductor talks about her approach to directing this year’s festival and about balancing her dual roles.

Selections from Lutosławski to Mozart provide a reverse history of the instrument.

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.