Samuel Pepys’s diary provides the links for a program of music from 17th-century London.
The rave is in: Mason Bates’s first opera is a (re)sounding success, one that deserves permanent repertory status.
Louis Spohr hits a double but Mendelssohn crushes a surprise home run with an early piano quartet.
Three diverse one-acts gave Merola’s singers a chance to strut their stuff.
The “Classical Style” concert focuses on chamber masterworks from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Donald Pippin’s rhymed libretto in English brings the opera’s charming lyrics to the fore.
Anthony Reed and John Parr tread the delicate line between power and intimacy.
Confident performances abounded in the Merola Program’s Schwabacher Summer Concert.
The S.F. Symphony, with soloists Sasha Cooke, Nicholas Phan, and Luca Pisaroni, navigated the challenging work in the orchestra’s season finale.
The great pianist graced a Santa Cruz Symphony concert for the second time this year and the results were just as magical as the first.
