Reviews

The Katona Twins Guitar Duo highlighted both the popular and classical roots of the guitar in an unusual and distinctive recital.

The Butterfly Lovers, distinctively Chinese by design and beautiful to look at, reveals the strengths and weaknesses inherent in this east/west mash-up.

The Silk Road Ensemble continues to explore multicultural artistic expression, but on occasion it falters with uninspired trifles.

Former S.F. Symphony principal David Herbert plays the devil out of a battery of kettledrums, backed by the impressive Symphony Silicon Valley.

A spectacular chamber concert by the Musicians from Marlboro, presented by Cal Performances,  made a gleaming case in point of how fortunate the Bay Area is musically.

After some distressing news for the organization, the show goes on at the Peninsula Symphony, in a joint concert with the Masterworks Chorale, directed by Bryan Baker.

Alonzo King Lines Ballet performs two works, one of which is inspired through line, poetry, and writing; all incorporated into the choreography.

A combined effort from the choruses of San Francisco Opera and Italy’s Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli produces a powerhouse performance of Verdi's Requiem.

A visit from the Nederland Dans Theater, ecstatically received on opening night, featured dancers that can handle any style, mood or mode, even in pursuit of the same theme — memory and regret — in each of two ballets.

Edgar Allan Poe himself enters the doomed mansion of the Usher family, in Gordon Getty’s canny setting of the famed story, heightening the dramatic impact.