Opera

Extraordinary singing by Michael Fabiano was the main reward in an otherwise uninspiring performance.

Stephanie Blythe on her upcoming role in Sweeney Todd and what she really thinks about Supertitles.

Francesca Zambello is in town again to direct S.F. Opera's Sept. 11 season-opening Luisa Miller by Verdi.

San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley created verbal fireworks in New York when he criticized George Benjamin's Written on Skin.

A new production in San Anselmo will have plenty of unusual ideas, dancing, and even some extra music.

The San Francisco Opera music director talks about music, art, and how artists are real people, too.

A well-played revival makes a convincing case for a rare opera.

Local composer Allan Shearer and his librettist Claudia Stevens have taken one strand of a great novel and brought it to the operatic stage.

An intrepid singer finds a long-lost Venetian Baroque opera and brings it to performance.