San Francisco Opera gave the US premiere of Leos Janacek’s The Makropulos Case fifty years ago this fall, and they’re staging it again now through the 29th. In the lead as beautiful and eternally youthful singer Emilia Marty, is German soprano Nadja Michael. She sees the role as one of several strong-willed female characters that Janacek wrote.

KDFC's The State of the Arts
The Bay Area has some of the world’s best-known performing arts organizations and cultural offerings. Each day, Jeffrey Freymann showcases activities, concerts, soloists and ensembles coming through the area.