Opera

Michael Zwiebach - August 11, 2025

In a production that balances brutality with compassion, Alban Berg’s timeless story of cruelty and its effects makes for epic theater.

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San Francisco
Lisa Hirsch - August 5, 2025

The Austin-born soprano returns from Germany to play the role of Marie in Berg’s Expressionist masterpiece with West Edge Opera.

Nicholas Jones - August 5, 2025

Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s 1688 opera David and Jonathan receives a splendid new reinterpretation that centers on an openly gay union.

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$25
Michael Zwiebach - August 4, 2025

The opera about labor leader Dolores Huerta and the 1968 Delano Grape Strike is taut as a political thriller and musically transporting.

Rebecca Wishnia - August 4, 2025

SF Opera’s training program for young singers performed the comic opera on July 31.

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San Francisco
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Free with Cocktail Purchase
Tom Jacobs - July 24, 2025

A defining voice in California civil rights history takes center stage in Dolores, set for its world premiere at West Edge Opera.

Victoria Looseleaf - July 21, 2025

The 29-year-old, returning to the LA Phil this month, says that connecting with an orchestra is all about being open to other perspectives.