The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal

I’ll start off with what is sure to be a highlight: Ensemble Parallele is premiering a new chamber-opera reduction (prepared by Jacques Des...

The San Francisco Opera season is well underway, but the one genuinely exciting, do-not-miss production is coming up in a few weeks: Karita...

Yesterday I saw Berkeley Opera's final performance of The Legend of the Ring, their revival of David Seaman’s abbreviated adaptation of...

These are the doldrums months for theater, and as such perhaps a bit of a relief, though there’s always something tempting: Here’s some long...

April 8, 10, 11, and 13, Nicholas McGegan leads Philharmonia Baroque in Handel’s great opera, Orlando (one of the first operas I ever saw !...

San Francisco Performances has an evening of modern music with Midori on February 6, and their annual subscriber concert on February 9, fe...

Last Friday I made my first trip to the Berkeley Opera, to see their version of The Abduction from the Seraglio, streamlined to the simpler ...