Lohengrin Features Innovative Staging By San Francisco Opera
Given the fact that global conflict is escalating of late, it should come as no surprise that producing an opera as bellicose as this Wagner … Read more
Classical Music
San Francisco Opera Stages “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs”
San Francisco Opera’s 101st season continues with the highly anticipated Bay Area premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs opening on Friday, September 22. The San Francisco Opera … Read more
San Francisco Symphony Season Commences With a Gala
Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony launched their 2023– 24 season with a celebratory opening weekend featuring the Opening Night Gala concert … Read more
Festival Opera in Walnut Creek
Festival Opera’s 32nd annual season will continue Sunday, August 6 at 4 p.m., when the company returns to the lush grounds of Walnut Creek’s Civic Park for a … Read more
SF Ballet Launches “Creation House”
San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) has recently launched Creation House, a new multifaceted initiative offering SF Ballet company members, SF Ballet School students, and guest … Read more
Letter from San Francisco: The American Magazine (Rome)
Italian themes resonate here as our gentle spring segues into a fogbound summer this month, following several outstanding cultural events staged by our dance company … Read more
San Francisco Opera Honors Diva Nina Stemme
Immediately following the June 4 opening performance of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s fairy-tale opera Die Frau ohne Schatten, soprano Nina Stemme, who performed … Read more
San Francisco Opera Opens Summer Season with “Madama Butterfly”
San Francisco Opera’s 2023 Summer Season opens June 3 with Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) at the War Memorial Opera House. Caroline H. Hume … Read more
Opera Parallèle to Stage “The Shining” in June
Opera Parallèle has announced baritone singer Robert Wesley Mason will now sing the role of Jack Torrance and bass-baritone Kevin Deas will sing the role … Read more
San Francisco Opera to Present Strauss’ “Magnum Opus” This Summer
San Francisco Opera presents Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s fairy-tale opera Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman Without a Shadow) from June 4–28 at the War … Read more