The San Francisco Opera traditionally opens its annual season on the Friday after Labor Day concurrent with a huge society fundraising dinn...

On the 11th floor of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's new building on Van Ness Avenue, there is a gorgeous room with wraparoun...

Every opera fanatic has their own favorite Richard Strauss opera. Most choose Salome or Elektra , both short and intense, while others pre...

The New Century Chamber Orchestra is offering a concert entitled Enlighten Me this weekend, and the public were invited to a free rehearsa...

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to one of the richest, most varied classical music scenes in the United States. I only attended a fracti...

Le Comte Ory is a rarely performed Rossini opera from 1828 that is based on a very naughty French sex farce, and it has some of the most s...