When "The Phantom of the Opera" premiered, 100 years ago, the term "horror film" didn't exist. "Spook melodrama," it was ...

The Resident Artist Program has been integral to Minnesota Opera for many years. First introduced in 1997, the program offers ...

I grew up with a mother who loved opera, and was taken by her in utero in San Francisco to experience Puccini's Turandot. As ...

Composer Huang Ruo's latest work, The Monkey King, will have its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera on November 14.

San Francisco Opera has announced details for the Company's 2025–26 Season. The Company's 103rd season, which marks Shilvock's tenth as general director, kicks off September 5.

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

The season's six productions are themed to twilight and transformation, as exemplified by Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & ...

Elder himself commented on how varied and unorthodox the night’s program was, but he did a masterful job of pulling together ...

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

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

Former Apple engineer Jon Rubinstein likes to build things. So when he and his wife bought a circa-1920s San Francisco apartment, Rubinstein threw himself into gut renovating it, obsessing over ...