Reviews

The Sacramento Opera has taken a vital step in the right direction with Il trovatore, breaking with the drama in company's recent past.

Superb singing launches the new ensemble Capella SF into the stratosphere of vocal music, as it ranges over the centuries up to today.

It’s rare to see dancers perform not only gorgeously but with such seamless unity as the Cedar Lake Ballet.

Delights to be had at the S.F. Symphony’s current outing include cellist Alisa Weilerstein and conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, playing Haydn and Olympic-skaters-timely Rimsky-Korsakov.

SoloDuo, a pair of Italian guitarists provided rare and elegant entertainment, with new, and unusual repertory.

Schwabacher Debut Recitals are tricky business; singers can be challenged to explore a range of colors and depth of intimacy to which their still-developing technique may not be ideally suited.

The American Bach Soloists, conducted with excellence by Jeffrey Thomas program works that demonstrate Bach's mastery of "parody" — making things old new again.

For a young ensemble, the Escher Quartet plays with exceptional sensitivity and refinement.

The S.F. Chamber Orchestra's presents Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat and Stephen Saxon’s Luck or Wisdom? as a musical meditation on human fate.

The S.F. Ballet launched its second mixed bill of the season with a tasty buffet that included Natalia Makarova's La Bayadère included Christopher Wheeldon’s Ghosts and Yuri Possokhov’s Firebird.