San Francisco

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.

Jones is directing this highly collaborative production that combines the work of seven choreographers, landing at The Ford later this week.

The arts administrator, set to lead Lyric Opera of Chicago, formerly worked for the SF Symphony and the LA Phil, among others.

Mozart’s drama is brought to life by a superb young cast under the top-notch direction of Patricia Racette.

A heralded young singer prefers the recital setting to the opera house and is making her mark in art-song repertory.