San Francisco Opera Offers Free Streams of Performances This July
While ferry riders anxiously await the opening of the War Memorial Opera House this fall, San Francisco Opera’s weekly, free opera streams continue in July with … Read more
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SF Symphony Returns to Davies With Live Performances in May
The San Francisco Symphony has announced a return to live concerts at Davies Symphony Hall starting May 6, 2021, with performances each Thursday and Friday … Read more
The Barber of Seville Ushers in New Era of “Reawakening” Says SFO Director
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
SF Opera To Screen Tosca at Fort Mason “Drive In”
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
SF Opera Honors Sheri Greenawald For Lifetime Service
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
SF Ballet’s Nutcracker Online for Ferry Riders
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
Ferry Riders in Luck: SF Symphony Teams With KDFC on Classic Broadcasts
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
Cameron Carpenter Comes to SFS in March with Brilliant Cinema Classic
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
Berkeley Sonic Prayer Flags Honors KPFA
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
Emanuel Ax Nails Early Work by Beethoven
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