Locally, there are two Black musicians in the San Francisco Opera Orchestra: principal piccolo Stephanie McNabb and principal bassoon Rufus Olivier, who got his start with the San Francisco ...

The San Francisco Symphony won a Grammy Award for its world premiere recording of Kaija Saariaho’s “Adriana Mater.” The opera ...

Composer and pianist Gabriela Montero joins Alsop and the Orchestra for the first SF Symphony performances of her Piano Concerto No. 1, Latin. Montero describes the work as a “chiaroscuro ...

Hear excerpts ahead of the production's November 2025 world premiere at San Francisco Opera. Commissioned by San Francisco Opera in partnership with the Chinese Heritage Foundation of Minnesota ...