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The San Francisco Opera is in a better position financially than previously reported, and the lineup for the upcoming season is impressive.

A great conductor approaches 30 years in his ongoing love affair with his former symphony, leading two programs in February.

A much-lauded quartet soldiers on with two substitute players, due to a birth in the string family.

A recital by Susan Graham presented by Cal Performances offered a host of effortlessly produced sounds so healthy, warm, and filled with beauty that it was tempting to fantasize that life was equally sweet and uncomplicated.

A semistaged production of Debussy's Martyr offered transporting performances, retaining spectacular elements of the original work, while emphasizing its beautiful music and religious mystery.

From butterflies to specters, an esteemed pianist’s rendition of Schumann remains fitfully two-dimensional, respectable but too tame.

A cappella voices sing of darkness and introspection, in a rare appearance at Stanford University.

Local Teen Earns National Recognition Technology Brings World Music Home Singing on the Other Side of the World

2011 wasn’t a great year for Congress or the San Francisco Giants, but a tremendous year for opera, as these recordings testify. There wasn’t room to include all the contenders.