Opera great Zheng Cao is one of the world's finest mezzo sopranos, but was shocked to learn she had terminal lung cancer. Revolutionary new therapies have given her a new lease on life and she's ...

Mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao will embody three powerful women when she sings the world premiere of She Told Me This …, a work composed in her honor. But singing Stewart Wallace's new concert piece ...

David Larson, Zheng Cao's husband, hugs Jaye Florendo, a family friend at the War Memorial Opera House following a memorial concert for Cao on Monday, June 24, 2013, in San Francisco, Calif. The ...

Zheng Cao, left, the lead in the San Francisco Opera's new production "The Bonesetter's Daughter" is photographed with the author Amy Tan in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008.

SAN FRANCISCO — Zheng Cao, a popular and spirited mezzo-soprano who performed regularly with the San Francisco Opera, died after a long battle with lung cancer at her home Thursday night. She ...

Cao said by walking into the community this time, she hopes to patch that cultural gap. "I think operas should be more accessible to a larger audience," Cao said.

The extended San Francisco Opera family is gathering to bid a tearful, but music-filled, farewell Monday afternoon to one of its beloved members, the late mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao, who died in ...

Mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao has died at age 46. SFGate reported that the artist appeared regularly with the San Francisco Opera and on stages worldwide. She died Thursday night at her home in San ...

UCLA researchers invented a potential COVID-19 treatment that uses nanotechnology and enzymes to reduce lung inflammation. Yunfeng Lu, a chemical and biomolecular engineering professor, said his ...

Opera San José will also present a digital workshop of the new opera Zheng, based on the life of San Francisco mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao (date TBA).

SAN FRANCISCO — Zheng Cao, a popular and spirited mezzo-soprano who performed regularly with the San Francisco Opera, died after a long battle with lung cancer at her home Thursday night.