Janos Gereben

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Janos Gereben - August 4, 2009

Zheng Cao Progress Report

Just a few weeks ago, there was an optimistic report here about mezzo Zheng Cao's recovery from multiple advanced cancers, and now there is
Janos Gereben - July 28, 2009

The Devil in Walnut Creek

Festival Opera's production of Gounod's Faust, opening Aug. 8, features a cast near and dear to Bay Area fans.
Janos Gereben - July 27, 2009

Ten years ago, when Michael Steinberg retired as the San Francisco Symphony's program annotator and music advisor, he had a farewell essay in the program, entitled "Why We Are Here." It is also part of the book For the Love of Music Steinberg cowrote with Larry Rothe, his long-time colleague at SFS.

Janos Gereben - July 27, 2009

The Festival del Sole concert Thursday in Napa’s Castello di Amorosa was an exception to the conventional structure of a concert. It consisted of two unrelated sections, each featuring a big star, and felt like two separate musical events. The two featured performers could not have been more different, not that there is anything wrong with that, but the concert was indeed unusual.

Janos Gereben - July 21, 2009

It's Proms Time!

The biggest and best summer festival of classical music is in session, and available — free — to everyone with a computer. (Or, in the U.K.
Janos Gereben - July 20, 2009
Chronologically and in many other ways, it’s a long way from Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) to Pierre Jalbert (born in 1967), but Music at Menlo will bring the two together.
Janos Gereben - July 20, 2009
John Adams’ Doctor Atomic Symphony is an orchestral reduction, the soundtrack in a sense of his 2005 opera.  The work presents episodes from the opera, with three movements titled “The Laboratory,” “Panic,” and “Trinity.”
Janos Gereben - July 14, 2009

Recovery Dollars to Music Organizations

The National Endowment for the Arts is distributing funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the big stimulus plan signed into law by
Janos Gereben - July 13, 2009

Although Friday was July 10, the evening presented a Lucky 13 at Herbst Theatre as exactly one-third of the San Francisco Opera Merola Program's 39 participants made their debut here.

Janos Gereben - July 7, 2009

MTAC Celebrates Five Days of the Fourth

Ian Swensen
Just when music seasons have ended, and y