Reviews

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.

The Flying Dutchman has highlights in the chorus and outstanding male leads, but the elements that anchor this Wagnerian opera and its spectural ship are still at sea.

Prominent pianist Jon Nakamatsu brings home to the South Bay his expressive takes on Schumann, Schubert, and Chopin.

Les Violons du Roy and soloist Stephanie Blythe performed at full throttle in their Cal Performances concert, but without enough finesse or delicacy

Sometimes playing from memory, several Latin American ensembles stood out at a chamber music festival.

In the second of three concerts in their season-opening Salon Series weekend, the Cypress String Quartet looked comfortably at home at SFJazz.

In a generous recital at Davies Symphony Hall, Yuja Wang showed her trademark command, while also revealing gaps in artistry.

Garrick Ohlsson’s greatness is revealed yet again in his incomparable playing of Liszt, Debussy, Brahms, and Chopin.

One of America’s old-school quartets raises the bar in an unsurpassable, elegiac performance.

Transparent choral sound and pristine accompaniment mark Cal Bach Society’s performance of Monteverdi’s monumental Vespers.