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SF Opera returns—with a lakeside, drive-in production of ‘Barber of Seville’

Emily Wilson - April 22, 2021

Director Matthew Ozawa reflects on his art form's new normal: “Sometimes it gets cold at night, and there’s a lovely duck that loves to say hello.”

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: A power-packed Hip-Hop Dancefest, Britex sign returns, more

Marke B. - November 19, 2020

Viral Dwellings, Crazy Funny Asians, Drive-In "La Bohéme," Legends of the Rave, Native American Drag Queen Story Hour... lots to do!

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: We can do this!

Marke B. - April 17, 2020

We may be going through tough times, but we're still producing the art, music, culture, deep inquiry, and joy that continue to sustain us....

Onstage

Power, corruption, and lust: A timely ‘Tosca’ at SF Opera

Emily Wilson - October 3, 2018

Shawna Lucey has strong feeling about Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, which she directs for the San Francisco Opera October 3-30. “It’s the perfect opera,” she said. “It’s...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Soundwave’s diverse, reverberating visions

Marke B. - September 5, 2018

ARTS FORECAST The biennial Soundwave festival (Sat/8-October 26) is one of those incredible Bay Area experiences that really connects music and performance with the feeling...

A hot-button ‘Ring’ at SF Opera? You bet your Brünnhilde

Marke B. - June 11, 2018

ALL EARS With great art comes great baggage. And quite possibly no work comes with greater baggage than Richard Wagner's epic Ring Cycle (opening...

Culture

In classic doc ‘Sing Faster,’ stagehands tackle epic ‘Ring Cycle’

Emily Wilson - June 10, 2018

Filmmaker Jon Else,whose 2000 documentary, Sing Faster, about the stagehands working on Richard Wagner’s epic The Ring Cycle at the San Francisco Opera, didn’t used...

Music

‘Girls of the Golden West’: a new opera’s fresh take on the Gold Rush

Marke B. - November 20, 2017

ALL EARS After two decades of well-worn Gold Rush metaphors about Silicon Valley, we're long overdue for a fresh take on a time period calcified...

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SF Opera returns—with a lakeside, drive-in production of ‘Barber of Seville’

Arts Forecast: A power-packed Hip-Hop Dancefest, Britex sign returns, more

Arts Forecast: We can do this!

Power, corruption, and lust: A timely ‘Tosca’ at SF Opera

Arts Forecast: Soundwave’s diverse, reverberating visions

A hot-button ‘Ring’ at SF Opera? You bet your Brünnhilde

In classic doc ‘Sing Faster,’ stagehands tackle epic ‘Ring Cycle’

‘Girls of the Golden West’: a new opera’s fresh take on the Gold Rush

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