Features

Weill Hall in Sonoma County is built. Here’s how impresario Robert Cole plans to fill it, and how the building came to be.

IN THIS ISSUE:

More Vivaldi for the BaySan Francisco Opera's 90th Season Opens This WeekJudith Nelson Memorial ConcertEnsemble Galilei Presents First Person: Seeing AmericaNagano-Dudamel Two-Step in SwedenFrom Bach to Beatles' on the Johnson OrganSeason 30 for Music at Kohl MansionS.F. Opera — Ah, the Good Old Days!A Wealth of Opera on TV and Radio

Classics and new music sit side by side on the most exciting symphony concerts of the new season.

Foday Musa Suso, an acclaimed performer of African instruments, shares the stage this weekend in Carmel with fellow-traveler Philip Glass.

The Mondavi Center’s Young Artists Competition shines attention on yet another crop of brilliant performers, this year widening its scope to national level. And Bay Area youth continue to win pride of place.

The festival of Wagner operas at Bayreuth continues to confront the composer’s fraught and complicated legacy with fascinating, sometimes crazy productions. SFCV’s critic reports on the entire thing.

Great Inspiration to Audition for Napa Valley Youth SymphonyS.F. Boys Chorus AuditionsEast Bay Music TogetherEmeryville Taiko: Drum and You Are on Your Way

Ideas for arts funding and San Francisco policies to better support the arts provoke stimulating discussion at a Town Hall meeting.