SFCV’s perceptive writers report on topics relevant to opera. Music News Gordon Getty Honored on the Eve of His 90th Birthday Jeff Kaliss - December 18, 2023 The philanthropist and composer has many reasons to celebrate this month, including an award from SF Opera. Review In El Niño, American Modern Opera Company Considers the Power of the Word Steven Winn - December 18, 2023 The singers put poetry first in this condensed version of John Adams’s opera-oratorio. Feature For the Love of Opera: Trans Singers on Their Struggle and Work Tamzin Elliott - December 12, 2023 Opera has always been a space for gender-bending. Trans artists are trying to make it work for them. Feature Two Extraordinary American Operas Receive Their Metropolitan Premieres Emery Kerekes - December 12, 2023 Both Anthony Davis’s X and Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas are modern classics, and the Met gives them excellent productions. Review SF Opera Adler Fellows Shine in 2023 Showcase Janos Gereben - December 5, 2023 The young professionals in the program take swings at big roles, with consistently exciting results. Review The End Is the Beginning in Dido’s Ghost Lisa Hirsch - December 5, 2023 Errollyn Wallen’s new opera, given its American premiere by Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, extends Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Review Scalia/Ginsburg Is Arguably Excellent at Pacific Opera Project Jim Farber - November 28, 2023 Derrick Wang’s funny, sharply observed one-act pairs well with Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury. Music News Adler Fellows, Chorus Concerts for SF Opera’s 2023 Finale Janos Gereben - November 27, 2023 A handful of musicians from L’elisir d’amore are doing double duty and performing in the company’s December special events. Music News One of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Operas to Stream Free on Thanksgiving Day Janos Gereben - November 21, 2023 Marin Alsop conducts a performance of The Black Mask on the 90th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Review The English Concert Relishes Handel’s Rodelinda Nicholas Jones - November 21, 2023 Artistic Director Harry Bicket leads a starry cast in a performance that would have any Baroque operagoer clamoring for more. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 … Next › Next page Last » Last page