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The great Cecilia Bartoli breathes new life into arias by a nearly unknown 17th-century Italian composer, Agostino Steffani, and triumphs in the process.

A pairing of French works delivered delights at S.F. Chamber Orchestra’s season opener.

Russell Maliphant Company’s AfterLight is a one-hour meditation on Vaslav Nijinsky, an extended composition lovely to look at, yet ultimately disappointing.

If you want to see a literal corps de ballet, or body of the ballet, you have to see the Mariinsky; the company has returned to Cal Performances with a Swan Lake.

If the prolonged cheers and standing ovation of the opening-night audience
are any indications, the outlook for Jake Heggie’s latest opera Moby
Dick is smooth sailing.

The Takacs String Quartet has long been among the elite of the elite, consistently cited as one of the top quartets in the world.

Bach's B-Minor Mass is for choral groups a little like a full marathon — you have to build up to it. And when you finally have mastered all the necessities for a successful presentation of the piece, you still need five good soloists and a strong orchestra.