Lisa Hirsch

Lisa Hirsch is a Bay Area music writer. She studied music at Brandeis and Stony Brook and blogs about classical music and opera at Iron Tongue of Midnight.

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Lisa Hirsch - September 16, 2024

Keep your scorecard up to date: Here are the personnel changes for the orchestra’s 113th season.

Lisa Hirsch - September 16, 2024

Poul Ruders’s opera, based on Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, receives its West Coast premiere in San Francisco — and not a moment too soon.

Lisa Hirsch - August 24, 2024

Gregory Spears’s new opera is in repertory with L’elisir d’amore, Don Giovanni, and Der Rosenkavalier.

Lisa Hirsch - August 5, 2024

The orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru plays raucous pieces by Vivian Fung, Helen Grime, Nina C. Young, and Karim Al-Zand.

Lisa Hirsch - August 5, 2024

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

Lisa Hirsch - July 30, 2024

An intriguing, well-played concert features local stars and a late 19th-century Chickering grand piano.

Lisa Hirsch - July 2, 2024

Progress has been slow in diversifying the symphonic repertory, according to a new report.

Lisa Hirsch - June 24, 2024

In its West Coast premiere, Gregory Spears’s opera about two closeted gay men is a moving reminder of what’s always at stake with love.

Lisa Hirsch - June 17, 2024

Lisa Mezzacappa and Beth Lisick’s The Electronic Lover captures the world of emotions that can exist in the chat room.

Lisa Hirsch - June 11, 2024

Under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, the orchestra stages Ma mère l’Oye and Erwartung with stellar collaborators.