“Frida y Diego” marks a series of landmarks for the San Francisco Opera in itscentennial year. It’s the first Spanish-language work to be performed here (the supertitles, appropriately, are given in both Spanish and English). It’s also the company’s first commissioned opera by a fe...
“Come From Away” has been criticized for promulgating a feel-good 9/11 narrative that only perfunctorily considers some of the more troubling dimensions of this historical turning point. Racial profiling and religious discrimination are given short shrift. And while the company of the show...
Ink Cipher is a sleek take on the puzzle sometimes known as the Cipher Crossword, Code Word, Code Breaker or Kaidoku. You’re presented with a grid filled with words… except all the letters have been replaced by numbers. Each number represents its own letter...
The thorns of his life wounded him deeply, but he held to his art. He carried the music in his heart even when he could no longer hear it.” And so on.