Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s “The Monkey King,” based on “Journey to the West,” brings an old superhero to the opera ...

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On occasion, an opera performance is so pitch-perfect, so theatrical, that the audience asks for more when the final curtain descends. That's what happened at Saturday's opening of San Francisco Opera ...

Not five minutes after the curtain rises on the San Francisco Opera's radiantly beautiful new production of Wagner's "Parsifal," director Matthew Ozawa offers the audience a single unforgettable stage ...

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Through more than 80 paintings and drawings from the 1960s to the present, “What Is Love” explores Suzanne Jackson’s use of color, light and structure to illuminate the persistence of peace, love and ...

Donald Runnicles was a constant presence on Van Ness Avenue during his 17 years as music director of San Francisco Opera. Between 1995 and 2002, he also conducted the San Francisco Symphony six times ...

On November 20, 2025, join Asia Society Northern California for a performance of The Monkey King at the San Francisco Opera, based on the Chinese classical novel, Journey to the West. Combining ...

Sister Helen Prejean returns to the San Francisco Opera House 25 years later. Photo by Cory Weaver / San Francisco Opera. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news ...

September started with a triumphant milestone as San Francisco Opera's "Opera Ball: Palazzo" celebrated both the company's 103rd season opening and General Director Matthew Shilvock's tenth year of ...

From piano dazzler Yuja Wang’s return to Davies Hall for the S.F. Symphony season opener to a revival of “Dead Man Walking” to Smuin Ballet’s new program, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area ...

On Sept. 7, hundreds strolled into Golden Gate Park for the 50th anniversary of, “Opera in the Park.” Arranged by the San Francisco Chronicle, the high-pitched festival nestled itself in Robin ...