Angel Blue, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nicholas Phan Star in San Francisco Performances’ 2026-27 Season

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San Francisco Performances announces its 2026-27 season. Here’s a look at the classical voice events. Tenor Nicholas Phan and pianist Myra Huang give the concert, “Fellow Citizens.” The program featuring works by Franz Schubert, Ruth Crawford Seeger, as well as a new work by Shawn Kkpebholo that reflects on contrasting narratives in American history. Performance Date: October 22, 2026 Soprano {…}

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Nikola Printz to Headline San Francisco Performances’ ‘Gift Concert’

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San Francisco Performances will present its annual “Gift Concert” on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at Herbst Theatre. The showcase will feature mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz, pianist Terrence Wilson, and the Catalyst Quartet as they take on such works as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Fantasiestücke for String Quartet,” Op. 5; Libby Larsen’s “Sorrow Song” and “Jubilee;” an arrangement of Dvořák’s “Goin’ Home” from the New {…}

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J’Nai Bridges Recital at San Francisco Performances Canceled

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) San Francisco Performances has announced the cancellation of the March 19, 2026 recital featuring mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges with pianist Terrence Wilson and the Catalyst Quartet due to a scheduling conflict. Per her official website, Bridges is set to open a production of “The Crucible” on March 19, 2026 with the Washington National Opera. That production runs through {…}

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Miah Persson, Davóne Tines, Benjamin Appl, Mark Padmore Headline San Francisco Performances’ 2025-26 Season

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) San Francisco Performances has unveiled its 2025-26 season. “This season truly embodies SFP’s mission to give the world’s great artists a platform for their best, most personal work,” said SFP President Melanie Smith per an official press release. “It’s about making space for audiences and artists to come together for a transcendent shared experience, making each performance {…}

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Anthony Roth Costanzo & Fleur Barron Star in San Francisco Performances’ 2024-25 Season

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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 Tenor Karim Sulayman and guitarist Sean Shibe will present works from their album “Broken Branches.” Performance Date: October 12, 2024 Opening the “Art {…}

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San Francisco Performances to Present Raehann Bryce-Davis

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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 {…}

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Raehann Bryce-Davis, Ian Bostridge, Lawrence Brownlee, Ilker Arcayürek Headline San Francisco Performances’ 2023-24 Season

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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. {…}

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Dawn Upshaw & Brentano String Quartet to Bring ‘Dido Reimagined’ to San Francisco Performances

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San Francisco Performances will present five-time Grammy Award winner Dawn Upshaw, along with the Brentano String Quartet, in “Dido Reimagined: A Response to Purcell’s Lament.” The program, scheduled for Jan. 12, 2023 at the Herbst Theatre, will feature numerous English works, including Purcell’s famed lament from “Dido and Aeneas.” The second half will showcase a new work composed by Pulitzer Prize winner Melinda {…}

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Tenor Mark Bonney Joins Alexander String Quartet for San Francisco Performances’ ‘Saturday Morning Series’

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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 {…}

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Angel Blue, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nicholas Phan Star in San Francisco Performances’ 2026-27 Season

Nikola Printz to Headline San Francisco Performances’ ‘Gift Concert’

J’Nai Bridges Recital at San Francisco Performances Canceled

Miah Persson, Davóne Tines, Benjamin Appl, Mark Padmore Headline San Francisco Performances’ 2025-26 Season

Anthony Roth Costanzo & Fleur Barron Star in San Francisco Performances’ 2024-25 Season

San Francisco Performances to Present Raehann Bryce-Davis

Raehann Bryce-Davis, Ian Bostridge, Lawrence Brownlee, Ilker Arcayürek Headline San Francisco Performances’ 2023-24 Season

Dawn Upshaw & Brentano String Quartet to Bring ‘Dido Reimagined’ to San Francisco Performances

Tenor Mark Bonney Joins Alexander String Quartet for San Francisco Performances’ ‘Saturday Morning Series’