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Four new mind-boggling, jaw-dropping, ear-seducing recordings by Cecilia Bartoli, Dominque Labelle, Alice Coote, and Nathalie Stutzman give pleasure almost beyond words.

A new TheatreWorks revival of Sweeney Todd comes together in channeling the mad drive of the Sondheim classic.

A grand performance by the S.F. Symphony of Bartók's devilishly hard The Miraculous Mandarin is one for the record books, and a memory to treasure.

Cellist Steven Isserlis adds luster to Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s first concert of its 34th season, at SFJAZZ.

What is at the heart of interpretation and how does a pianist get there. Garrick Ohlsson gives his answers, along with some of his favorite San Francisco haunts.

In a concert of fascinating music, the scene is stolen by an ambitious account of war. Does the effort to document the horrors as realistically as possible result in good music?

In an inspiring master class given by Thomas Hampson to singers from the S.F. Conservatory he takes an untraditional tack, and is encouraging and supportive in his admiration.

The French-born conductor Stéphane Denève takes the S.F. Symphony on a lively international tour with works composed within a few years of each other.