Long Beach Opera continues to put it out there:
Jan. 27, Feb. 2-3: “The Fall of the House of Usher” (Philip Glass)
March 24, 30: “Unicamente La Verdad” (Gabriela Ortiz)
May 11, 18-19: “The Tell-Tale Heart” (Stewart Copeland); “Van Gogh” (Michael Gordon)
June 15, 22-23: “Macbeth” (Ernest Bloch)
Pretty good, what? And this company has found its audience. It expects and appreciates the unexpected.
Classical Life 
Impressive. Didn’t even know Bloch wrote an opera!
Nor did I.