Features

Janos Gereben - August 30, 2011

Profiling Our 'Centennial Players'

This is the first of a weekly series featuring musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, performing in concerts of the orchestra’s centennial season:

Jason Victor Serinus - August 29, 2011

If you’re crazy about opera and great singing, there’s a wide field to play this fall. Here’s a list of the best possibilities.

Georgia Rowe - August 28, 2011

More epic love story than 9/11 drama, Heart of a Soldier, which premieres at San Francisco Opera in Sept., will present the big themes of classic operas in a modern context.

Jesse Hamlin - August 25, 2011

Beyond bland generalities and faked goodwill, the 10 candidates for mayor of San Francisco have ideas about funding the arts and using them to better the city and its communities.

Marianne Lipanovich - August 24, 2011

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra plays unforgettable concerts on its Chicago/East Coast tour, which brought the musicians even closer together as artists.

Michael Zwiebach - August 24, 2011

It will never be “same old, same old,” if you organize your concert calendar around these new and unusual concerts.

Stephanie Jones - August 23, 2011

Less popular than Mozart's comic operas, his Idomeneo is still a dramatic, musically bold opera with a lot to say. It's also the biggest production Opera San José has yet undertaken.

Janos Gereben - August 23, 2011

SFS Centennial Means More Than 100 Years

Pierre Monteux and Marian Anderson

San Francisco Symphony’s centennial season, opening in a couple of weeks, is an important s

David Bratman - August 22, 2011

Though there are fewer big presenters in the South Bay, you don't have to trek north to find great artists playing seriously entertaining music. Here are a few best bets in the San Jose-Palo Alto area.