San Francisco Becomes an Opera Capital Audiences could take in works by Strauss and Kaija Saariaho, as well as a new one by Gabriela Lena Frank about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
From the Underworld to Our World: An Opera About Frida and Diego Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s work at San Diego Opera puts the story of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in the context of the Day of the Dead.
John Adams, an American Master at 75 Adams, arguably our greatest living composer, has done operas inspired by recent history. In “Antony and Cleopatra,” he turns to Shakespeare.