The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal

I did not attend last year's Pride Concert at San Francisco Opera , but I did attend this year's, which was announced as the second ...

As I slowly roused myself this morning I suddenly realized, out of nowhere or everywhere, that it had been exactly twenty years since the de...

The third & final recital of this season's Schwabacher series took place last Tuesday, & it was all mostly marvelous (except fo...

The second Schwabacher Recital of the season, & the only one featuring only one vocalist, took place earlier this month (I am, as usual,...

Yesterday at the Taube Atrium Theater, the Merola Opera Program & the San Francisco Opera Center presented the first of this season...

Last Saturday I was back in Herbst Theater to hear bass-baritone Davóne Tines & Ruckus (who were joined by the Concert Choir of the Ruth...

Baritone Banjamin Appl & pianist James Bailieu recently made a return visit to Herbst Theater & San Francisco Performances with the...

San Francisco Performances opened its season with an all-Schumann program, performed by tenor Mark Padmore & pianist Paul Lewis. I am al...

Last Thursday I was back at Herbst Theater for tenor Ilker Arcayürek 's all-Schubert recital for San Francisco Performances , with piani...

It's always a pleasure to welcome Lawrence Brownlee back to the Bay, particularly in recital (this is his third for San Francisco Perfor...