Opera

Stephen King’s bestselling novel comes to the opera stage with, thankfully, less luridness than Stanley Kubrick’s famous film adaptation.

Four contemporary operas will be on the boards in 2023–2024 at San Francisco’s most adventurous company.

Two exhibitions, at San Francisco International Airport and the Museo Italo Americano, explore an essential cultural connection.

Director Peter Sellars helms the concert version of the opera at the SF Symphony, with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting.

The South Bay company tests its mettle in the composer’s youthful, turbulent work.

The long-awaited premiere of Matthew Welch’s Tomorrow’s Memories, drawn from the writings of a young Filipina immigrant, is set for June.

The in-demand conductor is resigning from his position at the Paris Opera after just two seasons.

The Swedish soprano returns to SF Opera to tackle the challenging character of the Dyer’s Wife in Die Frau ohne Schatten.

The Seattle organization brilliantly realizes a double bill of operas about the Holocaust by composer Jake Heggie.

Stranger Love, a monumental new opera by Dylan Mattingly, astonishes in its premiere at the LA Phil.