Opera

SFCV’s perceptive writers report on topics relevant to opera.

Victoria Looseleaf - February 18, 2025

This new work by composer Daniel Kessner and librettist Lionelle Hamanaka is set to take the stage at Los Angeles’ Aratani Theatre.

Lisa Hirsch - February 17, 2025

Strong singing and direction give Béla Bartók’s one-act chiller plenty of thrills in this production from OSJ’s Shawna Lucey.

Tom Jacobs - February 11, 2025

The company’s longtime music director will bid adieu with productions of West Side Story, Falstaff, and The Magic Flute.

Tom Jacobs - February 11, 2025

Composer Mary Kouyoumdjian’s adaptation of this film about intergenerational trauma comes to LA Opera.

Janos Gereben - February 11, 2025

Opera fanatics, rejoice! The company’s online performance database is back up and running.

Lou Fancher - February 10, 2025

Composer Max Giteck Duykers and librettist Philip Kan Gotanda have crafted an opera focusing on a family caught up in World War II.

Janos Gereben - February 10, 2025

The company’s production of A Minister’s Wife, adapted from Shaw’s Candida, comes to the Taube Atrium Theater this weekend.

Lisa Hirsch - February 6, 2025

Davidsen, one of the Metropolitan Opera’s reigning divas, shows complete mastery in a varied recital at Cal Performances.

Janos Gereben - February 4, 2025

Amid an uncertain future for the arts in this country, the company is promising powerful productions that can unite audiences.

Janos Gereben - February 4, 2025

The SF Symphony and LA Phil both take home top prizes in the classical categories.