San Francisco

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

The company’s ambitious six-performance, nine-ballet tour, Oct. 21-31, starts in Beijing and ends in Shanghai.

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.

Acoustician Sam Berkow talks about what it takes to tune up the venue’s sound system.

The celebrated singer talks about singing with a full orchestra for the first time in her career.

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.