Georgia Rowe

Georgia Rowe has been a Bay Area arts writer since 1986. She is Opera News’ chief San Francisco correspondent, and a frequent contributor to San Francisco Classical Voice, Musical America, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and San Francisco Examiner. Her work has also appeared in Gramophone, San Francisco Magazine, and Songlines.

Articles By This Author

Georgia Rowe - October 24, 2011

Gustavo Dudamel led his Los Angeles band in an electrifying concert that included a new work with a Big Bang coda.

Georgia Rowe - October 14, 2011

Music lovers expecting the ordinary at Stephanie Blythe’s vocal recital received several splendid surprises. Presented by S.F. Performances, the great mezzo-soprano defied expectations at every turn, and the results were nothing short of brilliant.

Georgia Rowe - September 30, 2011

Each work on the S.F. Symphony program, conducted with tremendous verve by MTT, came across splendidly, with Thomas Adès’ Polaris, radiating light and emerging as the evening’s high point

Georgia Rowe - September 27, 2011

A New Yorker cartoonist draws musicians and celebrities, when he’s not noodling around on the ivories.

Georgia Rowe - August 28, 2011

More epic love story than 9/11 drama, Heart of a Soldier, which premieres at San Francisco Opera in Sept., will present the big themes of classic operas in a modern context.

Georgia Rowe - August 2, 2011

For more than half a century, San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program has helped to season young singers, preparing them for fine careers.

Georgia Rowe - July 28, 2011

Composers who followed in Brahms’ footsteps receive performances ranging from rewarding to thrilling.

Georgia Rowe - July 12, 2011

Clark Suprynowicz employs an equatorial sound world, a range of musical references, plus personal transformation, for his new opera drawn from The Tempest.

Georgia Rowe - May 23, 2011

The S.F. Symphony did some marvelous multitasking over the weekend. Even as MTT and the orchestra were in Vienna, wowing audiences with Mahler’s music on the first leg of their three-week European tour, the S.F. Symphony Chorus stayed in town to perform a splendid concert.

Georgia Rowe - May 3, 2011

Stunned long ago by revelations of wartime atrocities, Trimpin deals with the truth by exploring new ways of producing and hearing sound.