Lisa Hirsch

Opera Parallèle’s immersive production puts audiences in the midst of a harrowing score and story.

Jörg Widmann’s eerily beautiful Violin Concerto is the perfect complement to this concert led by guest conductor Robin Ticciati.

In Dido Reimagined, Dawn Upshaw and the Brentano String Quartet offer a new take on a famous operatic heroine.

The company has put an array of historical material online, from rare recordings to revealing interviews to century-old photos.

Gautier Capuçon is the stellar soloist for this latest foray into concert music by the longtime film composer.

The SF Symphony’s music director finally tackles Mahler with the orchestra, and a new work by Trevor Weston opens the program.

Hollywood glamour and Shakespearean politics mix thrillingly in the world premiere of John Adams’s opera.

Many of the most memorable performances of the last century were given by a different singer than the one initially planned.

The company completes its tour of Philip Glass operas with a reimagined take on this fairy-tale classic.

Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Bay Area premiere of John Adams’s recent piano concerto, Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?