If you're in the Bay Area and trying to find something to do without breaking the bank, try spending a day in a beautiful ...

Opera Parallèle, San Francisco's contemporary opera company now in its 16th anniversary season, is on the move—stretching its ...

Twenty-five years ago, a new opera titled “Dead Man Walking” made its world premiere in a San Francisco Opera production. Based on the same-titled 1993 memoir by author and activist Sister Helen ...

As part of San Francisco Opera's 103rd season, Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts Richard Wagner’s Parsifal ...

A full quarter century after the premiere of "Dead Man Walking" here on the War Memorial Opera stage, it's hard to overstate the impact that Jake Heggie's first major offering has had, both on his ...

She and late husband Irving Saraf also received an Emmy for another documentary, ‘Dialogues With Madwomen,’ an examination of ...

San Francisco's cultural elite ascended to new heights on August 20, as the Grand Penthouse at 181 Fremont -- the highest residence west of Chicago—hosted an exclusive preview of San Francisco Opera's ...

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has urged Governor Gavin Newsom to use his executive powers to commute the death ...

Howard and Perez have been dating for three years. It's not unusual for "Tosca" to end in tears. This time, though, they were tears of joy for a real-life couple. During curtain call at San Francisco ...

On a sun-drenched Sunday afternoon in Civic Center Plaza, San Franciscans gathered to share food, stories, and community spirit as part of The Longest Table, a nationwide movement designed to bring ...