Helgi Tomasson’s inspired staging of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker is back, brilliantly danced by the SF Ballet.
This is the first multi-date film screening series that Festival Napa Valley and Cameo Cinema have collaboratively organized.
Maxim Derevianko created a documentary on the 2022 production. The film is being screened for Academy Award and Guild members.
Although the score to the live-action film isn’t particularly symphonic, Davies Hall sparkled on Nov. 28.
The co-production received a live recording, which gloriously documents the work.
The American composer and singer delivers a miniature opera that audaciously synthesizes hyperpop, choral power, and capitalist critique.
Anton Reicha’s Te Deum was definitely worth hearing, as Chora Nova maintained its tradition of singing unusual repertory.
The best piece of the evening, Alternative Energy, brought audiences from Henry Ford’s farm to a post-energy Earth.
Based on composer Christopher Stark’s travels in the American West during 2020, Fire Ecologies is surprisingly gentle in its message.
Pianist Edward Simon, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Brian Blade contributed equally to the evening, performing in tight calibration.
