When Orquesta Victoria comes to the Bay Area, June 23-27, the group will skip the tried-and-true presentation of the tango (dancers front, musicians in the back) and instead feature a 12-piece orchestra and, sparingly, two pairs of dancers.
The June 18 performance of the San Francisco Opera's production of Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) was dedicated to the memory of Sandra Bernhard, who died earlier the same day in a Houston hospice.
Google goes classical, the NBA Finals create a Twitter war between the Bay Area and Cleveland orchestras, and the S.F. Conservatory of Music's voice department gets new leadership.
The Veterans Memorial Building’s Herbst Theatre is set to reopen in October, and the Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera will occupy the building’s fourth floor.
The inaugural Green Music Center ChamberFest will start June 24, with eight concerts in the 240-seat Schroeder Hall and the finale on June 28 in the 1,400-seat Weill Hall.
The first phase of a collaborative project between the Ballet, San Francisco Opera, and the War Memorial Performing Arts Center to replace the venue's seats begins.
