Opera directors like to reimagine the classics. Take Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” which San Francisco Opera opened on Wednesday.

The Ringling highlights photographs by Danny Lyon and Roy DeCarava who captured different aspects of Black life in mid-20th ...

A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

Concerts by Wild Up at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary and Brightwork newmusic at Monk Space help L.A. audiences come to terms ...

Puccini's Tosca is coming to Popejoy Hall in a concert performance by the New Mexico Philharmonic on Saturday, November 16.

The new Nanfu Wang documentary 'Night Is Not Eternal' profiles the Trump-sympathetic Cuban activist Rosa María Payá. Read our ...

Composer Melissa Dunphy discovered an unsolved murder at her home from 144 years ago. She brings her back to life with “Alice Tierney.” ...

2 hours and 45 minutes, including one intermission. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted. This production uses strobe lights, gunfire, herbal cigarette ...

Between figuration and expressionism, Snowden’s paintings lead us on a road to nowhere ...