As directed by Rhiannon Giddens, the festival explores improvisation and cross-cultural connections at the expense of European modernism.
The soprano’s interpretive skills make the case for André Previn’s final work, Penelope, among other selections.
In Peter Sellars’s semistaged production, everything from the orchestra to the principal performances is absolutely right.
The artistic couple and their tempestuous love is the subject of Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s new work, now at SF Opera.
The orchestra under Donald Runnicles, soprano Nina Stemme, and David Hockney’s color-saturated set designs are the stars of this extravagant production.
When the production works, it’s the music, not the directorial concept, that triumphs.
The multitalented composer and performer is aiming at a festival that ignores musical boundaries and questions standard narratives.
Stephen King’s bestselling novel comes to the opera stage with, thankfully, less luridness than Stanley Kubrick’s famous film adaptation.
There will be an added poignancy to the San Francisco Symphony’s performances of Adriana Mater this week.
