Huang Ruo’s “The Monkey King,” based on an episode from the 16th century Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” will be given ...

The San Francisco Symphony won the Grammy Award for best opera recording for its world premiere recording of Kaija Saariaho’s ...

When San Francisco Opera opens its 2025-26 season on Sept. 5 with Verdi’s masterpiece “Rigoletto,” it will represent the ...

Long-awaited production of “The Monkey King,” adapted by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang from the classic 16th-century ...

Opera San José is bringing free music, mystery, and interactive experiences to the community with South First Friday ...

ARIANA MATER, the opera by Kaija Saariaho, who died last summer at 70, won this year's Grammy for Best Opera Recording, for ...

The San Francisco Opera has again scheduled pared down offerings for its 2025-26 season, citing the ongoing challenges in the post-pandemic world that plague the company and other arts institutions.

Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen received a 2025 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, with the San Francisco Symphony ...

Anna Netrebko has condemned the war in Ukraine but declined to criticize Putin. Opera director says her presence is all about ...

Florence Hinton, a former prima donna, brought her troupe of showstopping squirrels to TV and the state fair alike.

A native of Krasnodar, she studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and joined the Kirov Opera in 1994. Her U.S. debut the following year at San Francisco Opera in Glinka’s “Ruslan and ...