Jason Victor Serinus

Jonathan Berger and Dan O’Brien’s double-bill world premiere of Theotokia and The War Reporter takes advantage of Bing’s architecture and overly resonant acoustic for ... hallucinations.

Garanča’s art song recital in acoustically superior Weill Hall, confirmed her reputation as one of today’s leading mezzo-sopranos, though at times she stayed in her comfort zone.

Vocal coach and accompanist extraordinaire Steven Blier waxes eloquent on how he helps singers make art songs vivid, personal, and sincere.

Bass-baritone Philippe Sly, despite a range of gifts, may have aimed too high to suit his repertoire to his present capabilities.

Colorful exoticism and vivid stage values make West Edge Opera’s new opera about painter Paul Gauguin a marvel for all the senses.

The six-year-old Jewish Music & Poetry Project performed an evening of music to Jewish women’s poetry or by Jewish composers in Old First Church.

Valery Gergiev and an impressive international cast deliver an amply rewarding Walküre.

KQED-TV will air a riveting documentary about a violin prodigy who founded an orchestra in Palestine and saved hundreds of Jews’ lives.

That baritone Matthias Goerne is one of the great lieder interpreters of our era is beyond question. His latest recording of Schubert lieder is an object lesson in great song interpretation.

I wouldn’t miss this concert for the world.