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
Music
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
Schwabacher Recital Series 2020 Will Soon Be Underway
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
MTT Reflects on Upcoming San Francisco Symphonys’ Homage to Rilke
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