Reviews

A little over a year after handsome Vittorio Grigolo turned heads and hearts with his first album, The Italian Tenor, he brings us Arrivederci. It's a demonstration of how the 31-year-old tenor’s god given instrument has naturally darkened on top while retaining its beauty.

Each work on the S.F. Symphony program, conducted with tremendous verve by MTT, came across splendidly, with Thomas Adès’ Polaris, radiating light and emerging as the evening’s high point

Three faculty members of the S.F. Conservatory stage a sumptuous, full-course meal, whipped up by Dvořák, Bach, Schoenberg, and Rachmaninov.

A cantata of fen and flood by Patrick Hadley puts one by Ralph Vaughan Williams in the shade.

It may not be possible to shock seasoned opera-goers anymore, but Mark-Antony Turnage’s scandal-sheet opera takes a stab at it.

At the start of its 20th anniversary season, Livermore Valley Opera deserves commendation and gratitude, especially in its recent undertaking of Gounod's challenging Romeo and Juliette.

Stellar programming and superb playing marks a program of Classical works by tried-and-true composers plus one virtual unknown.

Shifting alliances and musical power struggles reveal themselves in fine works for piano trio, as evident in the Delphi Trio’s Friday recital.

The San Francisco Opera's Lucrezia Borgia brings a wonderful production to the stage as a vehicle for soprano Renée Fleming.

The New Century Chamber Orchestra began their 20th with a fascinating program of works exploiting antecedent musical styles. It made for a mesmerizing evening showcasing the ensemble’s commitment, technique, synchrony, passion, and sheer joy of music-making.