Wagner in Context (Cambridge University Press) was released this past spring. Musicologist David Trippett, is the editor who brought this remarkable book to fruition. It … Read more
San Francisco Opera’s 102nd season opens September 6 with Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim leading a weekend of festivities. Opera Ball, co-presented by San Francisco … Read more
As noted in an earlier post, George Frideric Handel’s Partenope will be featured in San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Summer Season. Director Christopher Alden’s award-winning production was … Read more
San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Summer Season continues June 15 with George Frideric Handel’s Partenope in director Christopher Alden’s award-winning production. Last seen on the War … Read more
The final production of San Francisco’s Opera’s 2023 Fall Season marked the return Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love (L’Elisir d’Amore) at the War Memorial Opera … Read more
Given the fact that global conflict is escalating of late, it should come as no surprise that producing an opera as bellicose as this Wagner … Read more
San Francisco Opera’s 101st season continues with the highly anticipated Bay Area premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs opening on Friday, September 22. The San Francisco Opera … Read more
San Francisco Opera’s award-winning In Song video portrait series continues with its eighth episode, In Song: Daniela Mack. Filmed on location in Buenos Aires, Argentina, In Song: Daniela Mack features … Read more
San Francisco Opera presents its final production of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s fairy-tale opera Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman Without a Shadow) on June … Read more
Immediately following the June 4 opening performance of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s fairy-tale opera Die Frau ohne Schatten, soprano Nina Stemme, who performed … Read more