Pride weekend events at San Francisco Opera and Festival Opera are fabulous starts to the Bay Area summer
It has been a great season for prolific Bay Area composer Jake Heggie.
While one sympathized with Matthew Aucoin’s urge to add his voice to the Orpheus canon it was difficult to figure out how his work complemented Gluck’s.
Wednesday brought Christopher Alden’s grimly dark and violent take on Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo at National Sawdust.
The 2016 Richard Tucker Award recipient is Tamara Wilson.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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