San Francisco

The lauded choral conductor/composer talks about his concert-length musical response to a notorious anti-gay hate crime.

POP’s striking new production features a bilingual libretto.

The intrepid chamber group stages not one but two new operas this June.

The annual membership meeting hints at SFO’s strategic vision for meeting 21st-century challenges.

Informed by veteran soldiers and a serving battalion, Kay’s work touches on every aspect of war and its aftermath on the people who wage it.

Kaminsky’s strong music is the focal point of Opera Parallèle’s world-premiere production.

“Continuum” highlights the passing of the torch from famous masters to their students.

Liam Scarlett’s Isle of the Dead is forceful and virtuosic in its world premiere.

Our picks for this month’s best in jazz, Brazilian, blues, and more.

Jennifer Koh, Rachel Barton Pine, and Hugh Marsh tap into fresh founts of inspiration ranging from rural blues to electronic processing.