United States Berlioz, Haydn: Jonathan Vinocour (viola), San Francisco Symphony, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 17.3.2016 (HS)
Harvey Steiman
Rare Jazz Opera Punches Below Its Weight
United StatesTerence Blanchard, Champion: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Opera Parallèle, Nicole Paiement (conductor), co-presented by SFJAZZ, SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco. 19.2.2016 (HS)
A Warm, if Stodgy, Tour of Certified Classics
United States Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms: Itzhak Perlman (violin, conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 9.1.2016. (HS)
Plush Singing from Jamie Barton, and a Jake Heggie Premiere
United States Turina, Chausson, Schubert, Heggie, Dvořák: Jamie Barton (mezzo soprano), Robert Mollicone (piano), Emil Milland (cello), presented by San Francisco Performances, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall, San Francisco. 16.12.2015 (HS)
An Intimate ‘Meistersinger‘ Arrives from Glyndebourne
United States Wagner, Die Meistersinger: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 24.11.2015 (HS)
Lumbering Ravel and a Plodding Eroica from the Israel Philharmonic
United Kingdom Bardanashvili, Ravel, Beethoven: Israel Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 8.11.2015 (HS)
Lovely Singing Rescues Strangely Unexciting Lucia
United States Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 10.10.2015 (HS)
Summer Breezes from Susanna Phillips in Radiant Knoxville
United States Hearne, Barber, Tchaikovsky: Susanna Phillips (soprano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Christian Reif (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 30.9.2015 (HS)