Lisa Hirsch

Festival Opera's genderbending, laugh-filled Alcina proves Handel can be just as fun as he is florid.

Early music veterans Sequentia turned a concert of 11th-century German songs into a meditation on music itself.

The revival is a devastating triumph powered by Eun Sun Kim and Elena Pankratova.

A superb new chamber version of Douglas Cuomo’s opera is given a terrific production.

The newly appointed San Francisco Symphony music director talks about repertoire, her influences, and the role of a conductor. 

After the appointment of SF Symphony’s next music director, Cristian Măcelaru led a blazing program featuring Tyler Taylor’s Embers.

A fatigued Herbert Blomstedt nearly came to grief during a performance of Mahler's massive Symphony No. 9 with the SF Symphony.

The pianist once again showed off his curious — though highly successful — curation intuition.

Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI brought a vast cross-cultural program to Cal Performances, with mixed results.

Four accompanists reflect on improvising, composing, and the unlikely paths that led them to scoring silent films.