Jason Victor Serinus regularly reviews music and audio for Stereophile, SFCV, Classical Voice North America, AudioStream, American Record Guide, and other publications. The whistling voice of Woodstock in She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown, the longtime Oakland resident now resides in Port Townsend, Washington.
Every seat should be taken for a production that delivers the unbeatable combination of Susan Graham and David Daniels. Potentially as rewarding are the San Francisco debut of soprano Lisette Oropesa and the return of early-music specialist and contralto Sonia Prina.
Tragedy and comedy vie for attention in Richard Strauss’ technically demanding, gorgeous score and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s fascinating play-within-a-play libretto.
Art at its finest not only engages the mind and heart, but also impels us to sink deeper into the truths of who we are. Desdemona a collaboration by Toni Morrison, Rokia Traoré, and Peter Sellars that runs at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Playhouse through Oct. 29, demands to be seen.
“Body music is the oldest music,” says International Body Music Festival (IBMF) Founder Keith Terry. His fourth annual festival, features six days filled with over 20 presentations of traditional and contemporary Body Music styles from all over the world.
San Francisco Opera unveiled director Gabriele Lavia's new production of Mozart's Don Giovanni in what revealed to be a thrilling and inspiring Hall of Mirrors.
Possessed of a large, rich, flexible voice that works equally well in Verdi, Wagner, and Handel, Stephanie Blythe leaves all that behind to once again champion American music in recital.
Approaching her role with the S.F. Symphony, a leading Verdian mezzo talks about big voices, the real meaning of the bel canto style, and the birds in her life.
