The wondrous mezzo Joyce DiDonato, now at the very top of her game, sings bel canto arias to a fare-thee-well, both the rare and the familiar, the tragic and the camp.
Playing scores by beloved French and Russian composers, the S.F. Symphony launches its new season, its 20th with the still-sprightly Michael Tilson Thomas.
In a beautifully mounted production that sets off another great performance by the beloved soprano Racette, Susannah at the S.F. Opera offers an ardent, anguished, and moving experience.
The S.F. Opera opened its 92nd season with Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece, Norma, featuring powerhouse soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in an full of pomp and circumstance and vocal delights.
To celebrate St. Teresa as the 500th anniversary of her birth approaches, the Discalced Carmelite Family of the Western U.S. presented an impressive concert featuring Dolora Zajick.
The Merola Grand Finale 2014 offered magic that comes from vocal strength and expert projection, musicality, beauty of tone, clear diction, and convincing acting in a variety of operatic roles.
