Janos Gereben

Teddy Abrams, 26, with a long and impressive Bay Area music career, has been appointed music dire

In an unusually early move, Merola Opera Program is announcing next year's opera productions. André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire (July 10 and 12) and Mozart’s Don Giovanni (July 31 and Aug. 2), will be the fully-produced performances, in addition to concerts, masterclasses, and the season-closing grand finale (Aug. 16).

Pamina is in trouble. The Queen of the Night and her three ladies have abducted her in the midst of her greatest trial. Who will help Tamino rescue her so that he can be reunited with her under the benevolent eye of Sarastro?

We have tried (and failed)

About last week's bombshell of Peninsula Symphony's disappearing funds, the police investigation continues without producing results, and the organization itself is silent on the subject. We'll keep watch.

Maurice Kanbar's philantropy has been spreading around the country