United States Mendelssohn, Adès: Audrey Luna (soprano), Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano), Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo-soprano), Alek Shrader (tenor), Rod Gilfry (baritone), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 11.10.2013 (HS)
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Frequent Surprises in Terfel’s Breathtaking “Falstaff”
United States Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 10.10.2013 (HS)
Greg Fedderly (Bardolfo), Bryn Terfel (Falstaff) and Andrea Silvestrelli (Pistola). ©Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Schiff in Kaleidoscopic Bach Partitas
United States Bach, Partitas for Keyboard: András Schiff (piano), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 6.10.2013 (HS)
Daniels and Sampson in Lustrous Baroque Masterpieces
United States Pergolesi, Händel, Durante: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), David Daniels (countertenor), Philharmonia Baroque, Nicholas McGegan (conductor), SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco. 4.10.2013 (HS)
Bonbons in the Limelight
United States Mahler, Beethoven, Copland, Debussy, Delius, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Delibes: Emmanuel Ax (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 26.9.2013 (HS
Dolores Claiborne an Earnest Failure
United States Tobias Picker, Dolores Claiborne: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 18.9.2013 (HS)
Warmed Up Again: Mefistofele in San Francisco
United States A. Boito, Mefistofele: Soloists, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 11.9.2013 (RRR)
Not Your Father’s Hoffmann
United States Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 5.6.2013 (HS)