San Francisco

Vibraphone players are coming to the fore as bandleaders and composers, a trend that’s now set to take over San Francisco.

One of the most famous jazz albums of all time, played by the OG in front of a happy crowd.

A couple of standout artists from the 2024 class of the Merola Opera Program shine bright in this season-ending showcase.

A festival long known for its Pan-American musical flavor outdoes itself this year.

A chance meeting with a Bay Area drummer spawned a new set of songs for Johnson, which she shares in a string of shows this month.

The cellist’s brief but brilliant career is captured in soprano Marnie Breckenridge’s stunning performance for West Edge Opera.

Julia Keefe is bringing her Mildred Bailey Project, devoted to one of the first ladies of jazz, to the Bay Area this week.

The new opera may not be aggressively attention-grabbing, but it is rich, evocative, and deeply felt.

Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain and spoken-word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph join forces for a powerful music-theater piece.

The one-evening version of Richard Wagner’s mythic tetralogy is well sung and played but light on character development and nuance.