Reviews

The Cabrillo Festival soldiers on under substitute conductor Carolyn Kuan, impressing with three new or newish works.

San Francisco’s prize-winning Lamplighters put on an impressive and charming Iolanthe, with classic G&S look and style.

Opera-stars-in-the-making strut their stuff in a delightfully attractive and well-blended Marriage of Figaro.

The Lamplighters' new, live recording of Princess Ida preserves the original animation and energy of the production, enhancing memories of seeing the performance in person.

The latest Music@Menlo concert explores emotional contrasts in music, both secular and sacred.

The Danish String Quartet, Tallis Quartet, Koret Young Performers and Gilles Vonsattel all shine in Music@Menlo’s Sunday serving.

An Ariadne auf Naxos DVD featuring a dream conductor/cast combo — glorious, steady, and soaring Straussian conducting, and the best vocal artistry of our era — is one that belongs in every opera lover's collection.

Having spent a Bach-oriented day at the Carmel Bach Festival on Monday, I stayed over on Tuesday for a day with music almost entirely French.

The first day of the Carmel Bach Festival offers plenty of attractions, including an insightful master class, imitation-gut strings, and chats with some of the performers.

In San Francisco, that hotbed of world-class guitar performances, a new series is born; Mobius Trio and The Living Earth Show were featured in the wide-ranging inaugural concert.