San Francisco

All-stars including Sasha Cooke, Daniel Hope, and members of the SF Opera Orchestra highlight a splendid new recording featuring the Violins of Hope.

If there’s a lesson in this preeminent American composer’s work, it’s that reimagining the past in art can lead to liberation.

The collaborative song cycle melding prison choirs, professional musicians, and cinematographers in a mashup of Fidelio, Black composers, and more streams this month.

A new digital label aims to celebrate the full history and range of Black composers in monthly installments.

The award-winning violinist, singer, and composer talks with SFCV about her latest album and multifaceted career.

An appreciation of a Bay Area jazz stalwart and “the world’s most interesting man.”

The opera legend’s new choral group invites overlooked communities into collaborative music-making to foster a sense of hope and dignity.

SF Opera’s postponed screenings of the Puccini favorite have been rescheduled for Feb. 12 and 13.

Joined by Orfeo 55 on her latest disc, the ambitious singer/conductor puts her unique stamp on a wide swath of Baroque arias and songs.

Featuring powerful settings of Langston Hughes texts, a new recording with pianist Paul Sánchez highlights a century of works by Black composers.