One of the advantages of holding a Canadian passport while watching A Flowering Tree, an opera by John Adams, is the right not to regard this acclaimed American composer as sacrosanct. So I can say ...

“A Flowering Tree,” which had its American premiere in Davies Hall this weekend, has some of John Adams’ best work — in fact, it’s a two-hour treasure house of beautiful music. Obviously a (or the) ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Before “A Flowering Tree,” which the Los Angeles Philharmonic festively ...

Myth, mysticism and enchantment. Those three combined are the underpinnings of a great opera, and great doesn’t begin to describe what Opera Omaha delivered last night with its production of “A ...