Boom! Bam! Pow!
A comic-book production at West Edge Opera brought out the beauty and humor in Handel’s music
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Notes on music and culture in the Bay Area and beyond
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Battle of Wills
Two new productions in Santa Cruz explored Shakespeare's comic and tragic veins
Let us spray
An exuberant and energetic production of "Hairspray" filled the San Francisco Playhouse with joy
The loss of Ross
The greatest music critic of our time hangs up his cleats
Joy to the world
Beethoven’s Ninth was the basis for a satisfying two-city musical double-header
Shave and a haircut, two casts
An operatic double-header brought out the charm and swagger of “The Barber of Seville”
Modern family
The San Francisco Opera’s exhilaratingly fine Elektra revival connected past and present
Berlin Imma-gonna-Platz
More on Donald Runnicles’ superb swan song at the Deutsche Oper
Our man in Berlin
I went to Europe to hear Donald Runnicles conduct the Ring Cycle yet again
Marathon man
One unsteady performance can't dim the glory of Herbert Blomstedt's extraordinary multi-decade run