Opera directors like to reimagine the classics. Take Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” which San Francisco Opera opened on Wednesday. While there have been a Nazi-era Carmen, a 20th-century Brooklyn ...

A world premiere opera in San Francisco and a classic work in Livermore highlight our classical music selections for the week. Tenor Bernard Holcomb stars in Opera Parallele’s world premiere ...

A fortnight ago the Los Angeles Opera Association was formed. It has developed plans for a strong combination with the San Francisco Civic Opera, which seems likely to establish California in the ...