Jason Victor Serinus

Golden Gate Park glows with great performances that outshine the fog and chill.

Many things were right about the new production that opened S.F. Opera’s season, but the debuting romantic leads disappointed.

First, there was Opera on Tap, now there is “Bach and Brew” a homey little affair coming to a San Francisco brewery in September.

The soprano is a force to be reckoned with in art song, a communicative and soulful singer.

In recent recordings, the S.F. Symphony gives us a bevy of Bates, Philharmonia Baroque resuscitates a serenata, and American Bach Soloists air a rarely-performed version of Handel’s Messiah.

William Kentridge’s animated art was paired with Matthias Goerne’s supremely lyrical presentation of Schubert’s last song cycle.

: Chicago’s adventurous and cool percussion ensemble brings their magic to San Francisco.

A program of celebrations showed the orchestra and chorus off to best advantage, while also testing Herbst Theatre’s revamped acoustics.

Jake Heggie’s latest work sets the poetry of a woman losing her battle to cancer.

SFCV talks to Philharmonia Baroque’s music director about the history of the group and the early music scene.