Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Irene Theorin, left, as Brünnhilde and Daniel Brenna as Siegfried embrace for Richard Wagner's four-part "Ring" cycle, ...

San Francisco Opera will open its upcoming season with Verdi’s stirring political drama “Simon Boccanegra,” signaling an invitation to gather in the opera house’s unifying space to celebrate stories ...

The four-part cycle—Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung—will be performed in three complete cycles from June 13–July 2, 2028, with pre-cycle performances of individual operas ...

San Francisco Opera announced a six-opera 2026-27 season, pointing to rising costs even as audiences grow and major donations boost finances.

Water and fire already play an impressive role in the first of the Ring operas; just how ahead of his time Wagner was with the impressionism in which the Rhinemaidens swim and the modernistic textures ...