The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal

  from a doorway to an apartment building on Lake Merritt, Oakland

  detail of The Crowning of Mirtillo by Ferdinand Bol, now in the Legion of Honor Mirtillo is a young shepherd disguised as a woman so he c...

The final opera in this year's West Edge Opera Festival was Alban Berg's Wozzeck , with Hadleigh Adams in the title role & Emma...

For those who love baroque opera as I do this is a bit of a golden age, but even so works of the French baroque are still a bit rare, despit...

  a tree in Lincoln Park, San Francisco, summer 2025

I went to all three operas at this year's West Edge Opera festival, seeing each one twice. First up is Dolores , centered on labor lead...

September, for what it's worth, is the start of the traditional performance calendar, though as my phrasing suggests, that's increas...

  detail of The Magi Before Herod by Matteo di Giovanni, now in the Legion of Honor

  a bench in Lincoln Park, on the way to the Legion of Honor – people leaving the museum have been decorating the bench with their blue cent...

  detail of Saint Peter Healing the Lame by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, now at the Legion of Honor