Opera traditionalists will find plenty to like about West Bay Opera’s production, which lacks surprises.
The choreographer brought everything from Bach to jazz to UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall.
In Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna Magica and Hector Berlioz’s Les nuits d’ete, sound color is deployed in the evocation of light.
Nicholas McGegan and the orchestra resuscitate Alessandro Scarlatti’s often forgotten work with help from an impressive group of singers.
Christina and Michelle Naughton were the highlight of the orchestra’s October concert set.
Tenor Rinde Eckert, the Kronos Quartet, and Vietnamese multi-instrumentalist Vân-Ánh Võ are collectively powerful in this new opera.
Despite some familiar touches in its performance of Umusuna (Memories Before History), the Butoh dance troupe Sankai Juku remains surprising.
S.F. Opera’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor lacks novelty but packs the satisfying emotional punch of well-delivered tragedy.
András Schiff led the S.F. Symphony through a fantastic if oddly organized program.
The concert, presented by the Indian Classical Music and Arts foundation, covered centuries of Indian classical music, represented by diverse regions of the sub-continent.
