San Francisco

The orchestra under Donald Runnicles, soprano Nina Stemme, and David Hockney’s color-saturated set designs are the stars of this extravagant production.

When the production works, it’s the music, not the directorial concept, that triumphs.

The diverse summer lineup of music, theater, dance, and performance art will be based in the Mission District this year.

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.

Conductor John Nelsons, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and collaborators give great performances of Roméo et Juliette and Cléopâtre.

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.