Lily O'Brien

You may not have heard of them all, but there’s significant accomplishment within this circle of Black musicians.

Fayetteville, North Carolina, is the setting for Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera — and where Raven grew up.

The company is telling an all-American story in composer Carlisle Floyd’s setting of John Steinbeck’s classic novella.

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

After 22 years, the well-loved music director is saying farewell to the Bay Area and venturing further afield.

This year’s PIVOT Festival will showcase the music of Black and women composers, works that haven’t been recorded until now.

The ensemble’s longtime music director leads the annual New Year’s concerts before stepping down in January.

The star soprano, who makes her SF Opera debut this month as Violetta, says hard work is at the core of everything she does.

Jocelyn Hagen’s Renaissance-inspired composition is a contemporary favorite, and Pacific Chorale opens its season with the multimedia work.

California Symphony’s artist-in-residence talks about creativity, composition, and a new piece premiering live on May 14.