San Francisco

Director Peter Sellars helms the concert version of the opera at the SF Symphony, with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting.

The South Bay company tests its mettle in the composer’s youthful, turbulent work.

The long-awaited premiere of Matthew Welch’s Tomorrow’s Memories, drawn from the writings of a young Filipina immigrant, is set for June.

The in-demand conductor is resigning from his position at the Paris Opera after just two seasons.

The Swedish soprano returns to SF Opera to tackle the challenging character of the Dyer’s Wife in Die Frau ohne Schatten.

The Seattle organization brilliantly realizes a double bill of operas about the Holocaust by composer Jake Heggie.

The acclaimed New York dance company will have another West Coast home in the seasons to come.

The eminent guitarist pulls together his compadres for a retrospective at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage.

Stranger Love, a monumental new opera by Dylan Mattingly, astonishes in its premiere at the LA Phil.

Die Frau ohne Schatten had its U.S. premiere in San Francisco and is a complicated piece to bring to the stage.