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Jonas Kaufmann's first complete Cavaradossi in Robert Carsen's fascinating modern update of Puccini's Tosca may find you devouring this DVD.

For the first time, visionary New York City vocalist Meredith Monk and the Oakland-based Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble will showcase four decades of Monk’s dramatic compositions.

Mission Chamber Orchestra of San José plays all the music that fits, and then some, in its latest outing at Le Petit Trianon.

As any chef will tell you, the best recipes are simple ones. Here’s a Bay Area recipe that seems to work every time: Bring forth the San Francisco Symphony and engage Peter Oundjian as guest conductor. Mix and serve.

Episode 2: Our second episode in the new podcast series explores the summer music camp. KDFC's Dianne Nicolini and SFCV’s Lisa Petrie highlight a few unusual camps and don’t–miss events of the week

VNote Brings Venezuelan Flair to San Mateo
California Dreaming: Competition Winners Grand Finale
Marin Music Chest 2011 Awards

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers has generously donated her time for a Japan disaster relief fund-raiser, sponsored by Play for Japan USA.

As the S.F. Symphony returns to action after a brief off-week, they get to work with one of those superb but unheralded conductors who seem more inexplicable in these days of well-oiled publicity machines: Peter Oundjian, known for being self-effacing and for connecting brilliantly with orchestra players.

Dawn Upshaw and Peter Sellars are collaborating to produce a unique festival that will come to Berkeley, as well. Sellars and Artistic Director Thomas Morris give SFCV the skinny.

Make room in your schedule, in between vacations, visiting, and gardening, for a few of the many cultural tidbits on offer in the Bay Area this summer. It’s a full lineup, as you’ll see.