Music News

Mark MacNamara - May 19, 2016

The San Francisco Opera company’s musical director elected to move on after his contract expires two years from now.

Janos Gereben - May 18, 2016

The BCCO remains vital and ambitious; witness their choice of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem to wrap their 50th anniversary season.

Janos Gereben - May 17, 2016

The lauded American singer engages life with the same visceral intensity he brings to his musical roles.

Lou Fancher - May 17, 2016

Stephen Schultz talks about the connections between his musical passions, as he prepares a Beatles seminar.

Janos Gereben - May 10, 2016

The popular mezzo-soprano channels the tragic Egyptian queen in Berlioz’s cantata.

Jeff Kaliss - May 3, 2016

Opera Parallèle’s artistic director and founder takes her place among quarterbacks, pitchers, and point guards with her latest award.

Janos Gereben - May 2, 2016

The lauded ensemble marks its own quarter century with a festival and bids farewell to Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg with a special concert.

Mark MacNamara - April 26, 2016

Opera fits naturally into San Francisco Unified School District’s weeklong arts celebration.

Janos Gereben - April 20, 2016

Terrific soundtracks enhance the S.F. International Film Festival, while live music is the highlight of the not-so-silent S.F. Silent Film Festival

Janos Gereben - April 19, 2016

The peripatetic S.F. Symphony scores victories on the diamond and on stage.