The San Francisco Opera announced season repertory and casting for 2019-20 this week, and positive first impressions were confirmed in a conversation with General Director Matthew Shilvock. The ...

Dozens of “carolers” participated Sunday in the first ever “Christmas Carol Sing-A-Long” Sunday afternoon at Barrington’s White House in the northwest suburb. Former Barrington High School Choral ...

Seven finalists competed for the prize money that will help further their careers: Julie Adams, soprano, California; Brennan Blankenship, mezzo-soprano, Texas; Alec Carlson, tenor, Utah; Gerardo de la ...

SAN FRANCISCO – It was a tumultuous year in the opera world, a year in which sexual harassment allegations against superstar Placido Domingo prompted his disappearance from American stages and sparked ...

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Looking back on a decade of opera-going for me honestly consists in large part of saying “Did I see that?” As in any art form, opera includes a large blur of mediocrity. But the greatest opera ...