Rochelle Bard animates West Bay Opera’s Lucia di Lammermoor with vocal finesse and believability.
Is lyric tenor Alek Shrader a “Young Master”? That was the question of the evening when the Merola and Adler Fellow alum-made-good returned to San Francisco.
Pablo Heras-Casado took on the San Francisco Symphony guest-conductorship responsibility with high energy and an attractive program.
Philharmonia Baroque outdoes even itself in “storm and stress” works by Mozart, Haydn, and J.C. Bach.
Gorgeous-voiced Jonas Kaufmann earns his fame as a leading Wagnerian tenor with a superb disc, every selection a gem.
Nijinsky full-length spectacular, with its explosive, searing essence is clearly one of the closest ballets to Director John Neumeier’s heart.
The brilliant violinist Christian Tetzlaff plays a challenging solo gig, to astonishing effect.
Play it again, Hilary Hahn: and she does, in a recital populated by encores from a myriad of composers.
Recently composed scores get exemplary readings by the Redwood Symphony, and invite future encounters.
Bass-baritone Eric Owens descends into the depths of emotion in his recital on a bright Sunday afternoon.
