San Francisco

A heralded young singer prefers the recital setting to the opera house and is making her mark in art-song repertory.

Festival performances of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and John Adams’s Violin Concerto are spectacular.

Every summer, State of Play brings together established and up-and-coming choreographers, and this year’s lineup is as diverse as ever.

The company is betting on Bulrusher, Eisa Davis’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play as set by composer Nathaniel Stookey.

The psychedelic homage to West Coast iconoclast Pauline Oliveros is absorbing but missing some key components of her legacy.

A lieder recital by soprano Lisa Delan is followed by a concert featuring the up-and-coming Manetti Shrem Opera Fellows.

The conductor’s tenure with the orchestra may have ended last year, but superb recordings are still being released.

The 2024–2025 class of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program is a diverse and talented group.

The latest talented group of Merolini, on their way to stardom, wows an appreciative audience.

The bandleader’s brand of West African music, celebrated around the world, is going strong in a California tour led by his son.