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San Francisco Opera
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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Over the Rhine: Wagner’s Epic Returns to S.F....
by Emily Wilson • 06/12/2018 10:17 am

Giants and dragons, gods and mortals, magic swords and rings of power come to the San Francisco Opera in the 17-hour Ring Cycle.

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The Magic Flute (Live From Prison)
by Emily Wilson • 12/14/2017 11:51 am

World-class San Francisco Opera singers perform at San Quentin State Prison.

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Instant Love: Selfies Through the Ages at the...
Laura Jaye Cramer • 01/13/2015 12:48 pm

“Call for selfies!” exclaimed a banner on the website of SOMA's Museum of Performance and Design's website. Part of the museums upcoming Instant Love,…

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“Show Boat”: A Story About Race, Class, and...
Emily Wilson • 05/28/2014 12:00 pm

Not all the subscribers to the San Francisco Opera were thrilled when the announcement came that “Show Boat,” the 1927 musical based on Edna…

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Plight of the Valkyries: The San Francisco Opera,...
Joe Eskenazi • 03/26/2014 4:00 am

It's early Saturday morning, and the gathered throng patiently waits, five abreast, in a line snaking around three lengthy blocks of a neighborhood that…

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