Janos Gereben

'Our People' Doing Well Everywhere

Excuse yet another rather provincial outburst of pride, but young artists from hereabouts are making strides around the world — not that it's something new, but there is an unusual cluster of such reports:

Jose Maria Condemi

The Merola alumnus, who is likely to direct a San Francisco Bu

Mansouri Unveiled

Last-Minute Word About a First-Class Event

Yes, it's tonight at 8 p.m. in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, but if you're a timely reader of Music News, you can still make it.

Global Opera

Being part of a full theater in San Francisco's Century-9 complex on Saturday for the

UPDATE: S.F. Lyric Opera Suspends Operations

San Francisco Lyric Opera Artistic Director Barnaby Palmer announced on Thursday that the company is suspending operations, effective immediately, because of lack of funds.

Atherton's Self-Effacing New Concert Hall

Normally the way you get a story is of no interest to the reader, but this one is different — "pertinent data" was especially difficult to find ... about something that should

San Francisco Ring: Confirmed and Surprising

The very existence of San Francisco Opera's 2011 Der Ring des Nibelungen, confirmed in a company announcement today, is a hard-won, delightful surprise.