It’s hard to get past the spectacle of it all – elegant Ancien Régime interiors, lit so beautifully with early-evening warmth by Adam Silverman, giving way to cinematic street scenes. Yes, these ...

The San Francisco Opera won’t celebrate its centennial for another few years yet, but the company is already getting into a nostalgic frame of mind. The stodgy production of Umberto Giordano’s “Andrea ...

Last performed by San Francisco Opera in 1992, Giordano's powerful opera about lovers caught up in the turbulence of the French Revolution returns in a new staging by the director whose productions of ...

San Francisco Opera's 2016-17 Season opens Friday, September 9 with a gala performance of Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chénier in a new production by Sir David McVicar. Company Music Director Nicola ...

The time has finally come. The Royal Opera’s longest serving music director, Antonio Pappano, is off after a staggering 22 years at the helm. There have been many highs, and remarkably few lows, ...

San Francisco Opera opened its 2016-17 season at War Memorial Opera House Friday night with Umberto Giordano’s rarely performed “Andrea Chenier,” in a glittering performance that featured tenor ...

Playing things straight in his new production of Andrea Chénier (if wigs and lavender stockings, chandeliers and pastoral divertissements can be called straight), David McVicar may have missed a trick ...

It’s all in the arm, clearly. The Royal Opera‘s music director only has to wave a stick at a potboiler like Andrea Chénier and it’s practically a masterpiece. Antonio Pappano‘s talent is a rare gift: ...