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The Barber of Seville Ushers in New Era of “Reawakening” Says SFO Director

March 1, 2021
Daniela Mack photo by Shervin Lainez

There is an “incredible reawakening” of the arts ahead of us, says San Francisco Opera director, General Director Matthew Shilvock. “As the pandemic recedes, we … Read more

Categories Music, San Francisco Opera Tags Classical Music, Marin Center

SF Opera To Screen Tosca at Fort Mason “Drive In”

February 1, 2021January 30, 2021
Photo by Kristen Loken

Look closely, and you can see a ferry steaming out toward the Golden Gate. San Francisco Opera’s screenings of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca at Fort Mason Flix … Read more

Categories Fort Mason, Music, Opera is ON, San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House Tags Fort Mason

SF Opera Honors Sheri Greenawald For Lifetime Service

December 14, 2020
Sheri Greennavawld in "Gianni Schicchi" 1979. Photo by Ira Nowinski/SF Opera

San Francisco Opera Center Director and Merola Opera Program Artistic Director Sheri Greenawald, whose December 2020 retirement was announced in March, received the San Francisco Opera … Read more

Categories Music, Opera is ON, San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House

SF Ballet’s Nutcracker Online for Ferry Riders

November 18, 2020

The holidays might look a little different this year for ferry riders, but San Francisco Ballet wants you to be able to keep your traditions … Read more

Categories Classical Music, Events, Music, San Francisco Ballet

Ferry Riders in Luck: SF Symphony Teams With KDFC on Classic Broadcasts

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
Photo Credit: Stefan Cohen

COVID-19 circumstances need not interfere with your musical experience on operating ferries. While the music is on pause at Davies Symphony Hall, KDFC and the … Read more

Categories KDFC, Music, San Francisco Symphony

Cameron Carpenter Comes to SFS in March with Brilliant Cinema Classic

February 18, 2020January 29, 2020
Photo by Heiko-Laschitzki

The brilliant organist Cameron Carpenter improvises to a live screening of Buster Keaton’s 1926 silent comedy The General  next month with the San Francisco Symphony. … Read more

Categories Interviews, Music, San Francisco Symphony, Silent Films

Berkeley Sonic Prayer Flags Honors KPFA

January 29, 2020
Composer James McKee (Photo by Maria Gilardin)

The City of Berkeley’s Office of Economic Development has announced that Jim McKee and the Kitchen Sisters will soon be producing a happening within easy … Read more

Categories Berkeley, Events, Music

Emanuel Ax Nails Early Work by Beethoven

January 18, 2020
Photo by Lisa Marie-Mazzucco

2020 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, a composer who casts a long shadow over music—challenging, inspiring, haunting, and setting the bar … Read more

Categories Music Tags San Francisco Symphony

Schwabacher Recital Series 2020 Will Soon Be Underway

January 6, 2020

Now in its 37th year, the Schwabacher Recital Series returns on Wednesday, January 29, with performances at San Francisco’s Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater … Read more

Categories Music Tags Merola Opera Program

MTT Reflects on Upcoming San Francisco Symphonys’ Homage to Rilke

January 4, 2020
Art Strieber

Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) leads the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) in two multi-faceted programs this January at Davies Symphony Hall. On January 9–12, Artist-in-Residence mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and … Read more

Categories Music Tags San Francisco Symphony
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