Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Have no Valentine’s Day plans? Check out a show, concert, party or reading on Thursday: András Schiff: The pianist and conductor appears with the San Francisco Symphony and guests sol…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 06:50PMSaturday, December 29, 2018
In chronological order, these were the year’s most notable moments in the arts, from this editor’s highly personal perspective. “Vietgone” at American Conservatory Theater (March) Th…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMSunday, December 2, 2018
In “Kaleidoscope,” the new Circus Bella show under a big tent on Treasure Island, clown Sara Moore balances a broom on her hand and has an amusing bit chasing the »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 05:00PMMonday, November 19, 2018
San Francisco Opera’s revised production of Jake Heggie’s opera “It’s a Wonderful Life” in its West Coast premiere is a feel-good holiday-themed piece, even as it could add some �…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:15PMSunday, November 11, 2018
After years, sometimes decades, of steady leadership, major Bay Area arts organizations are undergoing big changes. San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, 73, is steppi…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMWednesday, June 13, 2018
Fresh mixed-media effects and a strong cast set the stage for San Francisco Opera’s engaging revival of Francesca Zambello’s 2011 production of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle at Tuesday’s…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:00PMWednesday, May 30, 2018
Opera fans from around the world, especially Richard Wagner aficionados, will flock to the War Memorial Opera House June 12-July 1 as San Francisco Opera presents three cycles of the »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMSunday, May 20, 2018
Since 2003, the San Francisco International Arts Festival has presented artists from across the world with innovative projects dedicated to increasing human awareness and understanding ̵…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMFriday, May 4, 2018
It’s time for the 2018 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, and that means free outdoor entertainment in The City from spring through fall. The festival’s 18th season begins at 1 p.m. »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:00PMThursday, March 1, 2018
Bay Area doctors told touching stories about love on Tuesday at Brava theater in The City in a live version of The Nocturnists, a San Francisco-based podcast dedicated to bringing »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMWednesday, February 21, 2018
On opening night of the Drag Kings’ wacky and wonderful parody of “Turnabout Intruder” — the final episode of the original “Star Trek” TV series from 1969 — the audience »…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:00AMFriday, January 19, 2018
Someone in the audience at Thursday night’s San Francisco Symphony performance of “Candide” could probably tell you how many times it changed moods, styles, tempo and locale. I admit I…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 01:15PMWednesday, January 17, 2018
San Francisco Opera will present a chronological, comprehensive selection of nine operas — from Handel’s rarely performed Baroque classic “Orlando” to Jake Heggie’s contemporary �…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:01PMMonday, November 6, 2017
San Francisco Opera brought back Massenet’s opera “Manon” after a 19-year absence Saturday evening in Vincent Boussard’s new production, which raised questions over its setti…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 01:30PMWednesday, October 4, 2017
Maestro Michael Wirgler’s fondest memories of making music in Golden Gate Park for decades have been of families listening to the concerts together and children dancing in the front row. &…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:45PMMonday, September 25, 2017
Although San Francisco Opera didn’t break new ground Saturday night opening its sixth revival of John Copley’s production of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” strong company debuts from sopra…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:00PMSunday, June 11, 2017
Paris in February can be a city as chilly as it is costly, as it is in Puccini’s “La Bohème.” But San Francisco Opera’s strong cast of bohemians breathed warmth »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:00PMMonday, June 5, 2017
Mozart’s masterpiece “Don Giovanni” makes it quite clear it’s a man’s world. And two powerhouse bass-baritones, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (in the title role) and Erwin Schrott (as h…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 05:45PMSunday, June 4, 2017
San Francisco Opera’s announcement that bass-baritone Erwin Schrott would replace the ailing Marco Vinco as Leporello in “Don Giovanni” is a win-win: The opera lands a renowned Mozart …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMThursday, June 1, 2017
Early on in “Rigoletto,” a curse befalls the title character that will dog him throughout the tale. But San Francisco Opera’s re-staging of the Verdi favorite, which opened Wednesday, …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 01:45PMWednesday, February 15, 2017
San Francisco composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer are embarking on what seems like an impossible mission: writing a two-act opera based on Julien Green’s 1947 Faustian fantasy,…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 07:45PMTuesday, January 3, 2017
The Foo Fighters, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Maroon 5 were announced Tuesday as the headlining acts for the fifth-annual BottleRock Napa Valley festival taking place in Napa in &…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 12:05PMMonday, November 7, 2016
Director Francesca Zambello’s new San Francisco Opera production of “Aida” — boasting bold, contemporary designs by Los Angeles street artist RETNA — meets the challenges o…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:15PMThursday, November 3, 2016
There are many parts of Al Letson’s one-man show that are truly moving. One is when he, a black man, offers to shake the hand of a white cop who »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 01:00PMMonday, October 17, 2016
It’s time to gather up the kiddies for the newest skating spectacular: Disney On Ice presents Passport to Adventure!” is about to hit the Bay Area. This time around, Mickey »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 06:35PMGerman soprano Nadja Michael, singing the lead role of San Francisco Opera’s revival of Olivier Tambosi’s riveting production of Leoš Janáček’s “The Makropulos Case,” is exc…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:30PMThursday, September 29, 2016
There’s no fool like an old fool, and few old fools endure comic flimflammery quite like the aging title character in Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale,” which has been revived after 32 …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 09:00PMSunday, September 11, 2016
The attempt to adapt a 2,400-page-plus classic novel of Chinese literature into an English-language opera might seem destined to please neither Asian literary scholars nor Western opera puri…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 09:00PMSaturday, September 10, 2016
In Giordano’s pinnacle verismo work “Andrea Chénier,” which takes place during the French Revolution, it’s only a matter of time before heads start to roll. Fortunately, heads are m…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 06:45PMTuesday, September 6, 2016
San Francisco Opera faces a seemingly daunting challenge with its world premiere of composer Bright Sheng and co-librettist David Henry Hwang’s “Dream of the Red Chamber,” which is bas…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMFriday, August 19, 2016
The 146th edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus doesn’t have any elephants, and, guess what? They weren’t missed on Thursday’s opening night at Oracle Arena in …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:30PM 
