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From Charlemagne to the Blitz, in S.F. Opera’s...
by Peter-Astrid Kane • 06/15/2019 8:00 am

Director Harry Fehr on the decision to update Handel’s opera, and why Baroque pieces don’t get performed as often as they should.

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Some Kind of Wonderful
by Peter-Astrid Kane • 11/20/2018 3:18 pm

The San Francisco Opera stages Frank Capra’s holiday classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, all without re-creating Bedford Falls, N.Y.

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Elektrifying: A Short Opera With a Big Soprano
by Emily Wilson • 08/31/2017 12:54 pm

Critics tend to get a little breathless when conveying the power of Richard Strauss’ 1909 opera, Elektra.

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Video of the Day: S.F. Opera Opens Its...
Silke Tudor • 09/06/2012 8:30 am

When Verdi's Rigoletto debuted in 1851, censors demanded changes. The libretto, based on Victor Hugo's long-banned play The King Amuses Himself, now begins with…

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The Tosca, S.F.'s Best (Only?) Opera Bar, Is...
Ian S. Port • 08/22/2012 12:20 pm

When you want to hear classic opera played on vinyl from an old-school jukebox, while drinking old-school cocktails, there's only once place to go…

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Big Production Writ Small: SF Parlor Opera Takes...
Emily Hilligoss • 11/09/2011 1:00 pm

By picking Carlisle Floyd's Susannah for its eighth production, San Francisco Parlor Opera has cunningly rendered moot your last excuse for not checking out…

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Wet Weather Can't Drown SF Parlor Opera's Outdoor...
Emily Hilligoss • 11/07/2011 12:00 pm

George Carlin famously noted that the differences between football and baseball offer telling insights about culture and character. “Football is played in any kind…

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