Reviews

Not a contender among so many great recorded interpretations of the songs, but Netrebko is backed by a marvelous orchestra and conductor who know their Strauss.

Hearing is believing: The Girls Chorus comes prepared to knock your socks off, and it usually succeeds.

Ingratiating, swinging, but also refined and transparent, So Percussion were at the top of their game in their Bay Area concerts.

The Del Sol Quartet uses a new format to demystify and explore new music with an audience.

Paul Goodwin's conducting debut with S.F. Symphony was welcome, if belated, while soprano Lydia Teuscher stole the show.

The Empyrean Ensemble presented new works by Pulitzer Prize-winner Melinda Wagner and UC Davis composers at the 2015 Music and Words Festival.

The Lamplighters Musical Theater production of Candide has a lot going for it, along with a few unavoidable flaws.

Powerful American tenor Matthew Polenzani knocked a delightfully eccentric program out of the (First Congregational) Church in Berkeley Saturday night.

Noe Valley Chamber Music returned after four years off to draw the largest audience in its 22-year history in San Francisco on Sunday, in a performance hosted by SFOO cellist Emil Miland.

One of SFCV’s emerging writers takes you into the world of contemporary master Wolfgang Rihm in a premiere with the National Symphony Orchestra.