San Francisco Performances has announced its 2024-25 season. This article features vocal pieces only. For the company’s 45th Anniversary Gala tenor Nicholas Phan and composer and pianist Jake Heggie take the stage. Performance Date: October 4, 2024 Opening the “Art of Song” series is the world premiere of new works by Caroline Shaw and Gabriel Kahane. Performance Date: November 14, {…}
On Jan. 27, 2024, San Francisco Performances is set to present mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis in a solo piano-voice recital. The mezzo will be joined by pianist Jeanne-Minette Cilliersin a program that includes Amy Beach’s “Three Browning Songs, Op. 44,” Wagner’s “Wesendonck Lieder,” Melissa Dunphy’s “Come, My Tan Faced Children,” Margaret Bond’s “Birth,” Florence Price’s “The Crescent Moon,” Maria Thompson Corley’s {…}
(Credit: Sim-Canetty-Clarke) San Francisco Performances is set to feature tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Wenwen Du in a performance of Schubert’s “Winterreise” on Oct. 21, 2023. The showcase will kick off at 7:30 p.m. at the Herbst Theatre. “It’s an honor to welcome back the extraordinary tenor Ian Bostridge, in a program that he has truly made his own. His {…}
San Francisco Performances has unveiled its 2023-24 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Tenor Ian Bostridge will perform Schubert’s “Winterreise.” Performance Date: Oct. 21, 2023 Mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis will present a program featuring the music of Amy Beach, Wagner, Melissa Dunphy, Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, Maria Thompson Corley, and Peter Ashbourne. {…}
San Francisco Performances (SFP) presents mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges and percussionist Ulysses Owens Jr. in a program titled “Notes on Hope,” April 1-28 at the Herbst Theater. The event features works by 20th-century French composers, Duke Ellington, and traditional spirituals. The “Notes on Hope” program will explore works by Duke Ellington and revive classic songs that well-known opera singers Jessye Norman, {…}
Tenor Mark Bonney is set to join the Alexander String Quartet for a performance on March 11, 2023 as part of San Francisco Performances’ “Saturday Morning Series.” The concert, which is the last of five in the series, is entitled “Music as a Mirror of Our World: Chamber Music at the Turn of the Twentieth Century” and features music by {…}
On Saturday, April 9, 2022, San Francisco Performances presented renowned German baritone Matthias Goerne and notable prize-winning young Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho in an extraordinary concert. The performance was like being at a mountain retreat on a distant planet, drinking distilled ambrosia while hearing rare melodies in an exotic language. Clapping nearly seemed irrelevant; how do we applaud such a {…}
San Francisco Performances has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. Soprano Dawn Upshaw will join forces with the Brentano String Quartet for “Dido “Reimagined” by Melinda Wagner. Performance Dates: Jan. 12, 2023 Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and guitarist Jason Vieaux will perform music by Schubert, de Falla, {…}
***Editor’s Note: A previous version of the article stated that there was no official reason for cancelation. This is incorrect and has been changed in the article. The rest remains as originally published. (Credit: ©Olah Ludwig) San Francisco Performances has canceled the April 1, 2022 concert featuring tenor Ilker Arcayüerk and Simon Lepper. The company stated that the reason for {…}
On Feb. 11, 2022, San Francisco Performances will present the third performance in its “Uncovered Series,” featuring Catalyst Quartet and Dashon Burton. The series seeks to explore music from composers who have mostly gone overlooked due to their race or gender. Currently the Vocal Artist-in-Residence with SF Performances, Burton will also provide commentary on the event in addition to singing. {…}
(Image Provided by San Francisco Performances) San Francisco Performances is set to present a unique recital experience starring bass-baritone Dashon Burton on Feb. 5, 2022 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Accompanied by pianist Robert Mollicone, Burton will take on music by John Jacob Niles, Kurt Weill, Paul Bowles, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Magaret Bonds, William Grant Still, Marques L.A. Garrett, and Moses {…}