San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Public Library have launched a series of free workshops, entitled “The Opera in You.” The program, now in its second year, consists of sessions hosted at public library branches in San Francisco and are also complemented by free online installments from March through May.  Selected workshop participants will share their stories at a {…}

The San Francisco Opera presented composer and philanthropist Gordon Getty with The Spirit of the Opera Award following the Dec. 9 performance of “The Elixir of Love.” Following the presentation, Ramón Tebar and the cast, chorus, and orchestra performed “Happy Birthday” for Getty, who turns 90 this month. Getty and his late wife Ann have been major supporters of the {…}