On November 20, 2025, Asia Society Northern California hosted VIPs and members for a performance of The Monkey King, based on ...

"The Monkey King," a new opera by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang based on a popular Chinese folktale, has proved a major hit for San Francisco Opera.

Opera - The Monkey King This image released by the San Francisco Opera shows tenor Kang Wang, center, rehearsing for the new opera "The Monkey King," on Nov. 6, 2025 in San Francisco. (Cory Weaver/San ...

San Francisco Opera's new production of Richard Wagner's Parsifal runs from October 25 through November 13 on the War Memorial Opera House stage, directed by Matthew Ozawa. Company Chorus Director ...

San Francisco Opera General Director Emeritus David Gockley was honored on August 20 with a bas-relief unveiled in the lobby of the War Memorial Opera House. A crowd of 100 invited guests attended the ...

Learn about the annual Evening on the Stage gala hosted by the San Francisco Opera Guild, celebrating arts education and honoring philanthropists.

Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s “The Monkey King,” based on “Journey to the West,” brings an old superhero to the opera stage. By Joshua Barone Huang Ruo’s “The Monkey King” at San Francisco Opera ...

Award-winning San Francisco composer Jake Heggie plans to premiere "The Judgement of Paris" in Wine Country next summer as ...

San Francisco’s“Nutcracker” is a production that relies on the strength of its entire ensemble, and this production utilizes ...

As opera houses rework Puccini’s classic, criticized for stereotypes about women and Japanese culture, artists of Asian descent are playing a central role. By Javier C. Hernández Audiences could take ...