San Francisco Opera Medal Awarded To Director Michael Cavanagh
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 19, 2024
San Francisco Opera presented the Opera Medal, the Company's highest honor, to Michael Cavanagh shortly before his death last month. The acclaimed Canadian opera director, who passed away on March 13 from leptomeningeal cancer at the age of 62, was a guiding, creative force behind a number of important new productions for San Francisco Opera over the past decade.
Review: ROMEO ET JULIETTE at Arizona Opera
by Herbert Paine
- Mar 5, 2024
Arizona Opera's revival of Charles Gounod’s ROMEO ET JULIETTE is, by all measures, a triumph of staging and performance. Following its performances in Phoenix, the production moves to the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson AZ (March 9th and 10th).
CLUE and INTO THE WOODS Lead the St. Louis Theatre Circle Awards with 11 Nominations Each
by James Lindhorst
- Feb 2, 2024
The St. Louis Theatre Circle announced their 2024 Nominations on Friday. STAGES St. Louis’ production of CLUE and New Jewish Theatre’s production of INTO THE WOODS lead all productions with 11 nominations each. Twenty-four different companies and 55 unique productions were represented among 165 nominations in 33 categories. Awards will be handed out on Monday, March 25th, 2024, at The Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts on the Webster University campus.
Review: CENTER STAGE at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis
by Steve Callahan
- Jun 22, 2023
It was a grandly exciting evening of opera! I “bravo”ed and shouted myself hoarse as the large troupe of singers took their bows—and so did the rest of this huge audienceWhat did our critic think of CENTER STAGE at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis?
San Francisco Opera Presents New Production of Puccini's MADAME BUTTERFLY
by Stephi Wild
- May 12, 2023
San Francisco Opera’s 2023 Summer Season opens June 3 with Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) at the War Memorial Opera House. Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and a brilliant cast in a new production by visionary Japanese director Amon Miyamoto. San Francisco Opera Chorus Director John Keene prepares the artists of the Opera Chorus.
San Francisco Opera Reveals Program For One-Night-Only Centennial Concert Celebration
by Stephi Wild
- May 9, 2023
San Francisco Opera announced the program for its 100th Anniversary Concert at the War Memorial Opera House on Friday, June 16. Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim, former Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles and former Principal Guest Conductor Patrick Summers will conduct the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus along with a host of star soloists in selections inspired by the Company's history.
Photos: First Look at San Francisco Opera's LA TRAVIATA
by Stephi Wild
- Nov 11, 2022
Check out photos from San Francisco Opera's La Traviata! San Francisco Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata conducted by Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim in a new staging by director Shawna Lucey.
Opera Philadelphia Films Coming To Five Movie Theaters This Fall
by Stephi Wild
- Oct 20, 2022
Following the success of September's Festival O22 presentation of live opera productions alongside opera films, “redefining opera on stage and screen” according to the Wall Street Journal, Opera Philadelphia will bring its renowned films to five regional movie theaters, offering audiences an opportunity to appreciate the intersection of two art forms.
San Francisco Opera to Present New Production of Verdi's LA TRAVIATA Beginning in November
by Blair Ingenthron
- Oct 16, 2022
San Francisco Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata conducted by Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim in a new staging by director Shawna Lucey. This new vision of a beloved classic, the first new production of La Traviata to be built by the Company in 35 years, will open on November 11 simultaneously at the War Memorial Opera House and on the videoboard at Oracle Park in a free Opera at the Ballpark simulcast.
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