Music News

Janos Gereben - September 18, 2012
Ann and Gordon Getty are among Cal Performances supporters

Four new grants to Cal Performances add up to $1.3 million, according to an announcement last weekend by Matías Tarnopolsky, the organization's director:

Janos Gereben - September 18, 2012
New Century's Dawn Harms and Candace Guirao (front), Karen Shinozaki Sor, and Iris Stone (back)

What is it like to prepare for a new seas

Mark MacNamara - September 13, 2012
Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival
Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival

This is a treat at the center of West Coast quaint.

Mark MacNamara - September 13, 2012

This is a terrific program for small children, ages 7 to 10, or between first and fifth grade: September to March — you sign up for the entire year, with no in and out privileges. It’s located at the West Portal School from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and it is usually conducted as a master class by a member of the local opera community.

Mark MacNamara - September 13, 2012
Eugene Sor leading young musicians
Eugene Sor leading young musicians

Thinking of parents looking to introduce their children t

Janos Gereben - September 11, 2012
Hamburg's new concert hall in the sky, over the Elbe River
Hamburg's new concert hall in the sky, over the Elbe River
Janos Gereben - September 11, 2012
<em>Ground Control: an Opera in Space</em>
Ground Control: an Opera in Space

Space scientists fr

Janos Gereben - September 11, 2012
Russell Maliphant dancers in <em>AfterLight</em>
Russell Maliphant dancers in AfterLight

The Bay Area debu

Janos Gereben - September 11, 2012
Lady Antebellum to perform at UCSF
Lady Antebellum to perform at UCSF

Seven-time Grammy Award-winning trio Lady Antebellum

Janos Gereben - September 11, 2012

San Francisco Opera's 90th season opened last weekend, and an announcement yesterday from the BBC helps to appreciate what that span of time means. It was in 1922 that the British Broadcasting Company was first heard on the air, that's how long S.F. Opera goes back in time.