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The PROTOTYPE festival, now in its 10th year, presents new operas and music-theater works in smaller settings. "We were trying to create a black box opera movement," says co-founder Beth Morrison.

California está llevando a cabo su elección primaria el 7 de Junio, y con la temporada de elecciones a la vuelta de la esquina, puede llegar a ser abrumador entender “quién, qué, dónde, cuándo y cómo” votar. KPBS está aquí para ayudar a resolver tus preguntas.

Audiences will be captivated by a newly conceived, semi-staged celebration of Kurt Weill’s extraordinary body of work. Directed by Zack Winokur, one of the most innovative and exciting talents working today, the program features two of the world’s most in-demand vocalists: Anthony Roth Costanzo, who became an international sensation and won a GRAMMY for his portrayal of the pharaoh in Philip Glass’s opera Akhnaten, and GRAMMY Award-winner Cecile McLorin Salvant, alongside an ensemble of SummerFest musicians for an incomparable evening you will not want to miss. Date | Thursday, August 18 at 7:30 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $53 to $113. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/kurt-weill or call (858) 459-3728.

What creative genius’ work has permeated the culture and had more influence than that of the Bard himself? Join us for the intermission-free "Under the Influence: Shakespeare's World" event as we enjoy music from Shakespeare’s time and hear some of his most famous words composed into song. Following Korngold’s popular incidental music for the comedy Much Ado About Nothing, composed in 1920, we conclude with Beethoven’s “Ghost” Piano Trio, which came out of sketches for an opera based on Macbeth that he never completed. Stay after the concert for a special event in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd to enjoy more music and a feast featuring the best of San Diego’s culinary and craft cocktail scene! Date | Wednesday, August 3 at 7 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $43 to $93. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/shakespeares-world or call (858) 459-3728.

It was a pretty wild year for music. Here are some KPBS staff picks for the best albums of 2022.

For the third year, Tiny Desk concerts team up with globalFEST for a thrilling online music festival — Tiny Desk meets globalFEST.

It was a heart-pounding, dance-inducing, head-spinning year in Latin music, from Bad Bunny's exponential rise to a relentless commitment from up and coming artists to play between genre lines.

Alternative rock band Creature Canyon hit the stages again with the release of their new single "Pressure," a song that seeks to offer a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone struggling to break free of interpersonal difficulties. This month Creature Canyon will hit the road for a run of shows on the west coast with special guests Hate Drugs and Public Theatre. Date | Friday, March 4 at 8 p.m. Location | Soda Bar Get tickets here! General admission is $20 per person. This event is only for people 21 yeard of age or older. For more information, click here or call the venue at (619) 955-5551.

This weekend in the arts: composer Lei Liang's Arctic ocean sounds; Pacific Lyric Association performs "Carmen"; experimental noise art at "Checked Out"; Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival; Lani Emanuel at Oceanside Museum of Art; and the California Ballet's "Awakening."

Trugoy brought skill and care-free charisma to De La Soul's innovative music, which helped to usher in a new age of hip-hop. After years of legal disputes, that music will soon be available again.