San Francisco

Pepperland evokes the whimsy, melancholy, and optimism of the Beatles’ most iconic album.

Nicholas McGegan to become music director laureate.

The new dance work set to Pamela Z’s music has a world premiere at ODC.

A librettist-producer’s tale of what it takes to get through all the difficulties of bringing a new opera to the stage.

The world’s longest-running jazz festival features women-led ensembles — and succeeds.

S.F. Opera favorite Brian Mulligan plays Mandryka in Richard Strauss’s Arabella.

Shawn Kirchner’s Songs of Ascent provides a powerful contrast with the Mozart Requiem.

The absurd wealth of the Parisian music scene is only hinted at with a pair of recitals by two of the best male vocalists in the world.

L.A. Opera’s Don Carlo proves that Plácido Domingo is forever young.

Two masterful orchestras put the jazz back in “Jazz at the Bowl.”