San Francisco

American Bach Soloists’ Academy Festival Orchestra and Academy Singers join forces in a festive Handel mashup.

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion comes alive with flappers, bullfighters, witches, and pioneers for social justice this year.

The beloved singer is all about the music and the festival welcomes her to its all-star roster.

The genre-defying composer chats about her creative process, works in progress, and where she finds inspiration.

The glorious jazz vocalist and her powerhouse trio take it up a notch at Feinstein's with guest saxophonist Houston Person.

Spartan staging and concise instrumentation showcase an intriguing score and mostly outstanding performances.

The intrepid company masters the challenges of Debussy's opera of doomed love.

Director Nicolas Aliaga finds a timely, serious theme amidst the zany antics of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic.

One of jazz history’s most idiosyncratic individuals gets a Bay Area festival all his own.

Merola Opera stages Stravinsky’s neoclassical masterwork, and succeeds in the end.