In the latest production of Rossini's Barber of Seville the young Merolini strut their stuff with a mix of ambition, stress, anxiety, and giddy abandonment.
Unlike the U.S. debt ceiling's rendezvous with destiny, San Francisco Opera's budget situation is in much better shape, thanks in part to union cooperation and willingness to (pardon my French) compromise.
If you're not yet in full celebration of the San Francisco Symphony's 100-year existence, its luxurious hardback (remember those?), Music for a City, Music for the World, published
The first time I conducted the LSO [London Symphony Orchestra], it was for a rehearsal, and I had about two minutes to decide whether or not I wanted to step in.
When the curtain came down for the final time Sunday, cutting an eight-minute standing ovation short
