San Francisco Opera Guild will present a complimentary virtual livestream event Life. Changing. An Evening with Frederica von Stade & Jake Heggie on Wednesday, April 28 at 6 pm Pacific. Mezzo-soprano ...

Festival Napa Valley's 20th anniversary season will feature three world premieres, including THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS, a new ...

In what figures to be a score for refined palates, the famous 1976 wine tasting in which California selections stunningly triumphed over older French vineyards will be portrayed in the opera “The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera shows set model by Jan Versweyveld for the new production of Jake Heggie's ...

Season Also Features New Works by John Corigliano and Michael Thurber June 30, 2026 (Napa, CA) -- Festival Napa Valley’s 20th ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The demand for new American operas means that composers and librettists have more opportunities than ever ...

In his career as an opera composer, Jake Heggie has written about nuns and mad sea captains, death row inmates and the angels among us. With his new opera, the San Francisco composer explores the very ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Houston Grand Opera, known for innovation, unveils Jake Heggie’s “Intelligence,” directed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and featuring Urban Bush Women. By ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An expectant crowd had gathered outside the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. It was October 2000, the ...