Delights to be had at the S.F. Symphony’s current outing include cellist Alisa Weilerstein and conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, playing Haydn and Olympic-skaters-timely Rimsky-Korsakov.
Schwabacher Debut Recitals are tricky business; singers can be challenged to explore a range of colors and depth of intimacy to which their still-developing technique may not be ideally suited.
The American Bach Soloists, conducted with excellence by Jeffrey Thomas program works that demonstrate Bach's mastery of "parody" — making things old new again.
The S.F. Ballet launched its second mixed bill of the season with a tasty buffet that included Natalia Makarova's La Bayadère included Christopher Wheeldon’s Ghosts and Yuri Possokhov’s Firebird.