San Francisco

SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the San Francisco area.

Lisa Hirsch - August 19, 2025

The program’s apprentice singers showed their range in a celebratory season closer.

Harlow Robinson - August 19, 2025

The company’s 2025 festival season features bold productions that invite the natural world in.

Jeff Kaliss - August 12, 2025

With a week at SFJAZZ coming up, the bluesman reflects on his seven-decade career.

Richard S. Ginell - August 12, 2025

Gustavo Dudamel and Cho drew a capacity crowd for a concert connecting two musical giants.

Michael Zwiebach - August 11, 2025

In a production that balances brutality with compassion, Alban Berg’s timeless story of cruelty and its effects makes for epic theater.

Andrew Gilbert - August 5, 2025

The acclaimed trumpeter is set to be the festival’s first-ever artist-in-residence.

Melissa Hudson Bell - August 5, 2025

Five risk-taking dancer/ choreographers showcase works that grapple with personal suffering and political injustice.

Tamzin Elliott - August 5, 2025

The transgender baritone is crafting a program from her personal experience, for the company’s trailblazing initiative.

Lisa Hirsch - August 5, 2025

The Austin-born soprano returns from Germany to play the role of Marie in Berg’s Expressionist masterpiece with West Edge Opera.

Nicholas Jones - August 5, 2025

Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s 1688 opera David and Jonathan receives a splendid new reinterpretation that centers on an openly gay union.