Opera

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

Steven Winn - October 28, 2024

Superb singing from the chorus and vocal soloists can’t entirely carry this performance of the symphony under Music Director Eun Sun Kim.

Tamzin Elliott - October 22, 2024

David T. Little’s composition is a challenging experiment in form and genre, part film screening and part live performance.

Victoria Looseleaf - October 21, 2024

Dancing plays a prominent role in this production, whose revival marks McNamee’s directorial debut with the company.

Janos Gereben - October 21, 2024

The welcome news that Eun Sun Kim is now set to lead the company through 2031 comes at an otherwise tense time for the organization.

Lisa Hirsch - October 21, 2024

Richard Wagner’s epic of love and death comes to glorious life in a dramatically sung production led by Music Director Eun Sun Kim.

Lisa Hirsch - October 17, 2024

Under the baton of Eun Sun Kim, the San Francisco Opera Orchestra is rehearsing with the epic scope of Richard Wagner’s music in mind.

Janos Gereben - October 15, 2024

A new film shows how Music Director Eun Sun Kim and the entire company handled the massive undertaking of staging Wagner’s Lohengrin.

Lou Fancher - October 8, 2024

Zimmerman conceived her latest show, The Matchbox Magic Flute, the same way she developed many of her hits.

Lisa Hirsch - September 30, 2024

American Modern Opera Company’s production transforms Olivier Messiaen’s song cycle into an intimate drama.

Lisa Hirsch - September 30, 2024

Recent productions of The Handmaid’s Tale and Innocence have highlighted the work that typically goes unseen at the War Memorial.