SFCV’s perceptive writers report on topics relevant to opera. Music News The True Love Story of Leon Theremin and Lavinia Williams Is Now an Opera Janos Gereben - June 30, 2026 Leon Theremin, who invented the world’s first electronic instrument, married Williams, a young Black dancer in 1930s Harlem. Review SF Opera’s Pride Concert Turns Urgent and Exuberant Steven Winn - June 30, 2026 Emceed by funny, cheerleading Sapphira Cristál, the Pride Concert effortlessly integrated wildly different repertoire. Review National Symphony Orchestra’s Vanessa Captures a Landmark American Opera at Full Force Jason Victor Serinus - June 24, 2026 A concert of the Samuel Barber’s opera was recorded live at the Kennedy Center in 2025. Review Jonas Kaufmann Goes Hungarian in Magische Töne Jason Victor Serinus - June 24, 2026 For his new album, the tenor dives heart first into Hungarian operetta. Music News Treasured Memories of David Hockney at SF Opera Janos Gereben - June 15, 2026 Remembering the acclaimed stage designer who passed away last week. Feature Celebrating Carlisle Floyd, Father of American Opera, at 100 Katelyn Simone - June 14, 2026 The visionary composer and mentor passed away in 2021 at age 95. Carnegie Hall celebrates the 100th anniversary of his birth. Preview Handel’s Alcina Enchants in a Thoroughly Baroque Style Jessica Zimmer - June 10, 2026 The production is a first time collaboration between Festival Opera and The San Francisco Early Music Society. Review Left Coast Chamber Ensemble’s Unsettling and Sharp Operatic Double Bill Collin Ziegler - June 9, 2026 Pairing Igor Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale with a new work made for exciting, enlivening theater. Review SF Opera’s Elektra is a Shocking, Brilliant Horror Show of an Opera Lisa Hirsch - June 9, 2026 The revival is a devastating triumph powered by Eun Sun Kim and Elena Pankratova. Feature Elena Pankratova Arrives at SF Opera Primed to Inhabit Elektra, One of Opera's Most Punishing Roles Victoria Looseleaf - June 4, 2026 The Russian soprano will make her SFO debut as the vengeful heroine in her 17th production of Strauss’s Elektra. Pagination 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next › Next page Last » Last page