Nearly 30 years ago, music educator Richard Pontzious wanted to do something…
As San Francisco’s Pocket Opera is about the conclude its 2016-17 season,…
When Hector Berlioz set out to write “Roméo et Juliette,” he vowed…
Hershey Felder, in Mountain View this month performing his one-man show about…
Paris in February can be a city as chilly as it is…
Mozart’s masterpiece “Don Giovanni” makes it quite clear it’s a man’s world.…
San Francisco Opera’s announcement that bass-baritone Erwin Schrott would replace the ailing…
Early on in “Rigoletto,” a curse befalls the title character that will…
When the news of Chelsea Manning and WikiLeaks first made headlines, the…
Even when he’s not playing an instrument, Pinchas Zukerman is still performing.…
San Francisco composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer are embarking on…
Berkeley Symphony: Christian Reif guest conducts cellist Joshua Roman in the local…
San Francisco Opera will tell stories of humanity, individuals, society and mythical…
SUNDAY, JAN. 8 On the Waterfront: The 1954 movie classic with Marlon…
There is no shortage of holiday choral concerts in 2016; here are…
Director Francesca Zambello’s new San Francisco Opera production of “Aida” -- boasting…
German soprano Nadja Michael, singing the lead role of San Francisco Opera’s…
Plucky virtuoso Mahan Esfahani is seeking to change the perception that the…
There’s no fool like an old fool, and few old fools endure…
Throughout the beginning of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the piccolo and trombone players…