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Destination LA: Make a Quick Getaway to See “Magic Flute”

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019
Photo of Zvzana Markova by Cory Weaver

As we have noted in past Bay Crossings travel features, Destination LA is a natural for our readers to get away from it all without … Read more

Categories Music Tags Los Angeles Opera

Interview With a Diva: Sasha Cooke Shares Rare Insights on SFO and SFS Productions

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019
Photo by Stephanie Girard

As we have noted elsewhere in Cultural Currents, Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke has earned acclaim for a wide variety of roles with San Francisco Opera, and … Read more

Categories Interviews, Music Tags San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony

Magical “Hansel and Gretel” Just in Time for the Holidays

November 5, 2019
Corey Weaver

Last seen on the War Memorial Opera House stage nearly two decades ago, the popular fairy-tale opera returns in an “enchanting” (The Times, UK) new … Read more

Categories Music Tags Opera, San Francisco Opera

Exclusive Interview with Gypsy’s Star

November 18, 2019October 31, 2019
Photo by Ben Krantz

Bay Area Musicals has announced the full cast and creative team for the first production of the Company’s 2019-2020 season, the timeless 6-Time Tony Award-winning … Read more

Categories Interviews, Music Tags Bay Area Musicals

Lang Lang Returns to Davies Symphony Hall

October 24, 2019October 17, 2019
Gregor Hohenberg

Four years ago, Cultural Currents gave this story the headline: Lang Lang is Great Great…. San Francisco Symphony subscribers were out in full force last … Read more

Categories Music Tags San Francisco Symphony

It’s Fleet Week…Discover Dukas on KDFC

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019

It’s Fleet Week in San Francisco, on the heels of the recently concluded  KDFC “Love at First Listen,” where hundreds of radio stations fans shared … Read more

Categories Music Tags KDFC

SFS Gala Was a Classic City Event

September 7, 2019September 7, 2019

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony celebrated the start of their 25th season together on Wednesday, September 4, with an Opening Night Gala … Read more

Categories Music Tags San Francisco Symphony

KDFC and SF Opera Collaborate on Sunday Night Broadcast with Matthew Shilvock

September 1, 2019September 1, 2019
Photo: Simon Pauly/SF Opera

This month KDFC launches a new hour-long opera broadcast the first Sunday of every month at 8pm. “The Opera Hour” is created and hosted by … Read more

Categories Interviews, Music Tags KDFC, San Francisco Opera

Ian Rutherford Shares Insights on His Direction of SFO’s “Billy Budd”

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019

As we have noted, the San Francisco Opera presents Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece of law and order on the high seas, Billy Budd. Based on the … Read more

Categories Interviews, Music Tags San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Symphony’s Opening Gala is a Salute to MTT

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019
Courtesy of the San Francisco Symphony

The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) and Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) kick off their 25th season together with the Opening Night Gala on Wednesday, September 4. The Opening Night Gala honors … Read more

Categories Music Tags San Francisco Symphony
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