San Francisco Opera hosts an exuberant tribute to queerness past and present.
Overall, this was a superb achievement and a thrilling season opener for the San Francisco Opera.
Final opera of the season. Little-known opera. A revival. So, you can probably skip it, right?
In San Francisco Opera’s new Così fan tutte, the elements that most visibly read as “American” were a penchant for slapstick humor, overcooked blocking, and an abundance of cartoonish period costumes that hobbled the opera’s first act.
After the break the ladies stepped up their game so much that it elevated the night into legendary status: definitely one for the books!
From the technical standpoint San Francisco Opera’s Billy Budd was pretty much flawless.
Politics and romance entangled in a spectacular fashion at San Francisco Operas’s Roméo et Juliette.
Saturday August 17 the Merola Opera Program wrapped up its annual Summer Festival with the Merola Grand Finale concert at the War Memorial Opera House.
How do we celebrate a long career in opera, particularly one as illustrious as Plácido Domingo‘s?
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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