SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the San Francisco area. Review The English Concert Relishes Handel’s Rodelinda Nicholas Jones - November 21, 2023 Artistic Director Harry Bicket leads a starry cast in a performance that would have any Baroque operagoer clamoring for more. Review L’elisir d’amore Meets La dolce vita at SF Opera Jason Victor Serinus - November 21, 2023 The company’s new production is a delight and very well cast. Review Frida y Diego Makes a Haunting LA Opera Premiere Richard S. Ginell - November 21, 2023 Gabriela Lena Frank’s luminous and dreamlike work has its third staging in California. Review Maestro Is Likely to Be a Maelstrom of Heated Debates Janos Gereben - November 20, 2023 The Leonard Bernstein biopic is out in theaters this week and will arrive on Netflix next month. Artist Spotlight Tenor Pene Pati Becomes a Leading Man Iris Kwok - November 14, 2023 Ahead of his return to SF Opera, the former Adler Fellow and now international star chats about gaining confidence and singing from the heart. Artist Spotlight Billy Childs Is Fiendishly Busy and Loving It Victoria Looseleaf - November 14, 2023 The composer/pianist’s third commission for the Los Angeles Master Chorale isn’t the only project he’s been working on. Preview Four Decades of Food for the Soul: The Verdi Chorus Tom Jacobs - November 14, 2023 Meet a boutique organization that specializes in the full-throated choral music of opera. Review Vocalist Claudia Villela Is Right at Home in SFJAZZ Residency Andrew Gilbert - November 14, 2023 The Brazilian singer who has long been based in the Bay Area reunites with some of her musical compatriots. Review Omar Triumphs (Again) in Its San Francisco Opera Premiere Lisa Hirsch - November 7, 2023 Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s work is bold and beautiful and couldn’t be timelier. Preview Dancing in the Dark in a New Show by Jess Curtis/Gravity Lou Fancher - November 6, 2023 Into the Dark features a diverse ensemble of blind and sighted performers and will have audiences using their senses in a different way. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next › Next page Last » Last page