Violinist Midori (pictured, photograph by Nigel Parry) and pianist Özgür Aydin gave a recital inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca's poem Casida of the Lament. The playing was vibrant and varied. Midori ...

Opera Parallèle gave a moving world premiere of David Hanlon's The Pigeon Keeper (pictured, photograph by Stefan Cohen) at Cowell Theater in San Francisco last night. The piece was prepared ...

This is a work in progress, based on my own experiences trying to wrangle tickets. San Francisco Opera: There are 200 standing room tickets for each performance, and 150 of these go on sale at 10 am ...