United States Jake Heggie, Moby-Dick: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 10.10.2012 (HS)
San Francisco
Petrenko, Bavouzet Deliver Scintillating Bartók, Respighi
United States Pärt, Bartók, Respighi: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 5.10.2012 (HS)
Gorgeous Singing, Bewildering Staging for Bellini in San Francisco
United States Bellini, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues): Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 3.10.2012 (HS)
Summer of Discontent in San Francisco
United States Shostakovich, Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven: Karen Gomyo (violin), Gilles Vonsattel (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Francis (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA, 13/14.7.2012 (WA)
Ligeti Trumps Beethoven in Season Closer
United States Ligeti, Beethoven: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 29.6.2012 (WA)
San Francisco Symphony Unleashes a Terrifying “Bluebeard”
United StatesLiszt, Bartók: Jeremy Denk (piano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Alan Held (bass-baritone), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 21.6.2012 (HS)
Yuja Wang Scales the Peaks of the “Rach Three”
United States Faure, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 15.6.2012 (HS)
“Nixon in China” Gets Its Due from San Francisco Opera
United States John Adams, Nixon in China: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 13.6.2012 (HS)