Janos Gereben

Merola’s summer Schwabacher concerts, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor gets a fresh hearing in Red Velvet, and an unexpected Facebook diva.

The Canadian-born administrator believes in pushing the envelope.

The Catalan director will stand in for Calixto Bieito in a production that strives for true Spanish soul without the usual clichés.

The BCCO remains vital and ambitious; witness their choice of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem to wrap their 50th anniversary season.

The lauded American singer engages life with the same visceral intensity he brings to his musical roles.

Jake Heggie's new opera edges closer to San Francisco, a new Scrooge at 42nd Street Moon, and a showcase for ballet students.

The popular mezzo-soprano channels the tragic Egyptian queen in Berlioz’s cantata.

The lauded ensemble marks its own quarter century with a festival and bids farewell to Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg with a special concert.

Facebook streams a Mason Bates premiere, the S.F. Girls Chorus hits N.Y.C., and the Ethnic Dance Festival bring the world to the Palace of Fine Arts.

Terrific soundtracks enhance the S.F. International Film Festival, while live music is the highlight of the not-so-silent S.F. Silent Film Festival