San Francisco

Shamisen player Hidejiro Honjoh anchors a program that is crowned by Hiroya Miura’s dazzling mini opera.

The fearless jazz guitarist celebrates a new recording with a hot combo featuring the charango.

The annual and free dance festival got off to a flying start last week.

The soprano talks about her meteoric rise and her SF Opera debut as Susanna in Figaro.

Carson and the Crawleys meet Gilbert & Sullivan in this festive fundraiser at Herbst.

The Broadway baritone talks Light in the Piazza at LA Opera and a path not taken at the Met years ago.

The beloved soprano ranges from intimate classics to new operatic works in recital with pianist Richard Bado.

A new chamber opera pulled from the headlines packs a wallop.

Christian McBride and Brian Blades join the pianist in an endlessly inventive set of fresh-sounding standards.

The world’s longest-running jazz festival is still tops.