Steven Winn

Luxuriously cast, expertly directed, and conducted with fiery abandon by Richard Egarr, the show made the case for Handel’s fifth Italian opera.

The piano arrangement of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring highlights a wittingly wild program.

The singer traverses an astonishing thematic, emotional, and temporal range in just 90 minutes.

The prodigious player is joined by pianist Elliot Wuu for Felix Mendelssohn’s Sonata No. 2 and adds in a Bach suite.

The guest conductor finds the brilliance in the premiere of Elizabeth Ogonek’s Moondog and a concerto with violinist James Ehnes.

The orchestral warhorse sounds fresh, engaging, and vibrant in a program that opens with two local premieres.

The Uzbek pianist brings out the humor, color, and contrasts in Sergei Prokofiev’s fiendishly difficult Second Concerto.

In SF Opera’s production of Poulenc’s masterpiece, spiritual concerns are powerfully dramatized.

This collaborative work responding to the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of the police demands sustained attention.

Strong performances from this year’s cast of emerging artists bring Mozart’s opera to life.