Opera

Fun, silliness, and some great music abound in the West-Coast premiere of this buffa rarity.

The prolific composer talks about her creative life and her new opera about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

Jazz pianist Dr. Valerie Capers talks about her album Wagner Takes the A Train.

The brass section gets a workout in Wagner's magnum opus, striking both joy and terror in the hearts of the players.

Stephen Sondheim's grand musical is a love poem to the creative impulse.

S.F. Opera builds a Wagnerian dragon for the 21st century.

The well-cast revival of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen holds up.

Mussorgsky's original version stands on its own merits in this opulent, semi-staged S.F. Symphony production.

The baritone is hitting his prime and working harder than ever.

SFCV conducted a backstage video tour of S.F. Opera's 2011 Ring production. It's worth seeing again.