San Francisco

SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the San Francisco area.

Allan Kozinn - August 9, 2019

New recordings by Caleb Burhans, Alex Weiser, and Caroline Shaw show their broad interests and influences.

Michael Zwiebach - August 6, 2019

With the 2019 festival in full swing, the company announces a wild 2020 season filled with sex, crime, and great music.

Steven Winn - August 5, 2019

A fresh, nonbinary take on Gluck’s opera eschews easy resolutions.

Nicholas Jones - August 5, 2019

Brilliant Merolini were more than up to the rich challenges offered in the commissioned If I Were You.

Victoria Looseleaf - August 2, 2019

Nobody goes to Car Six anymore — too crowded.

Charles Shere - July 30, 2019

Glass’s In the Penal Colony and Mozart’s La finta giardiniera comment on the human condition from different perspectives.

Andrew Gilbert - July 30, 2019

The vaunted Israeli clarinetist brings the best of Brazilian jazz to Stanford.

Andrew Gilbert - July 29, 2019

Check out our picks for cool August concerts featuring jazz, blues, and soul music.

Janos Gereben - July 29, 2019

Sasha Cooke and Julia Bullock are artists-in-residence in a year that sees vocal and choral music take pride of place.

Lou Fancher - July 26, 2019

The busy soprano talks about her artistic evolution and her demanding lead role in West Edge Opera’s Breaking the Waves.