Opera

How Gaetano Merola pulled off a coup and got his dream Salome.

Don’t expect any live opera in San Francisco until 2021.

The opera singer, who called the Bay Area home, died last month at the age of 92.

Great stories about opera singers who are cooking while sheltering — with recipes!

Soprano Sandrine Piau and countertenor Christopher Lowrey are sublime.

The Metropolitan Opera cancels its fall season, boding ill for other arts organizations.

SFO donates critical safety gear while the skilled artists of the costume shop turn out thousands of masks with fabric from opera productions.

Alameda’s Frederica von Stade is one of opera’s most beloved singers.

We take an inside look at three of the unsung heroes of contemporary opera.

The composer’s campaign to have a hit at the Paris Opera tells us a lot about writing for big opera houses today.