San Francisco Opera Reaches Centennial Milestone This Season
San Francisco Opera Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock and Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim recentlly announced plans for the … Read more
Music
Interview: Othalie Graham on Wagner in Vallejo
As noted in an earlier post, The Empress Theatre has reopened after two long years as a darkened venue due to the COVID pandemic. On … Read more
Wagner Society Closes Year with Holiday Celebration
The Wagner Society of Northern California recently closed out its year in style with the traditional Holiday Celebration – The Cosima Wagner Birthday/Holiday Celebration. Members … Read more
Trio of Conductors Make SF Symphony Debut Next Year
Three conductors will make their San Francisco Symphony orchestral series debuts February 17–19, 2022, on a program honoring late Oakland Symphony Music Director Michael Morgan. … Read more
Final Performance of SFO’s “Cosi” Scheduled for This Week
Ferry riders alert: It’s not too late to catch one of the major cultural events of the season. Sung in Italian with English supertitles, the … Read more
SF Symphony’s Media Label Earns Two Grammy Nominations
The San Francisco Symphony’s recordings on the Orchestra’s in-house SFS Media Label have been nominated for two 2022 Grammy® Awards. The live-concert recording of Alban … Read more
SF Ballet’s Opening Night Gala
After more than two years, one of the Bay Area’s most-anticipated annual social events of the year returns in person on Thursday, January 27, 2022. San … Read more
Hardiman Headlines Haiti Relief Benefit
We first became familiar with David Hardiman at the legendary thoroughbred race track Golden Gate Fields, where he presides as the bugler. As a preamble to the … Read more
The Wagner Society Brings Perspective to Cultural Concerns
The Wagner Society of Northern California recently staged a compelling lecture that was really all about current events. William Berger, author, broadcaster and feature presenter … Read more
1930’s American Country Club is Perfect Set for SFO’s “Cosi”
San Francisco Opera presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 1790 comedy Così fan tutte from November 21–December 3. Director Michael Cavanagh’s new production, part two of the Company’s Mozart-Da Ponte … Read more