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New recordings offer contrasting takes on Edward Elgar’s only song cycle, but the real treats are the other Elgar works on each disc.

A sense of urgency infuses the virtuoso’s new double-CD release.

The tenor goes small-scale and intimate on Selige Stunde.

The holiday season won’t shine as brightly this year without SF Ballet’s annual treat.

For this year’s Bridge Project, the company doubles down on its commitment to improvisation and dance as activism.

The composer talks about learning her craft and building a Black presence in opera.

A heartbreaking oratorio transcends personal pain to offer universal succor in challenging times.

The Finnish National Opera livestreams a satire of a year lost to the pandemic.

Congratulations to the winners of SFCV’s readers’ poll.

Meet the rising artists participating in this innovative opera training program.