SFist Interview: 'The Great Gatsby' Composer John HarbisonSan Francisco Opera Adler Fellow Susannah Biller will sing Daisy in the Ensemble Parallele production of John Harbison's Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby takes an unsentimental glimpse into the conspicuous, arrogant life of the 1%, which makes it an unlikely subject for an opera. After all, that is the... continue reading on SFist
SFist Reviews: Charles Dutoit & Pinchas ZukermanPianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet played Liszt with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra led by Charles Dutoit. The US Top 6 orchestras will visit Davies Symphony Hall for the SF Symphony 100th anniversary season, leaving Cal Performances at Zellerbach to import the foreign best ensembles. Case in point last Saturday: the visit... continue reading on SFist
SFist Reviews: Palo Heras-Casado At The SF SymphonyConductor Pablo Heras-Casado While we wish MTT to keep doing his SF Symphony gig for a long long time, he's the longest tenured music director here ever. He doesn't look it, but at 67, he's twice the age of Spanish maestro Pablo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Heras-Casado">Heras-Casado, who conducted the SF Symphony in... continue reading on SFist
SFist Reviews: Le Martyre de Saint SebastienLa Martyre de St Sebastien at SF Symphony (all photo credits SF Symphony/Kristen Loken) The Martyre de Saint Sebastien, a play by Gabriele D'Annunzio with music by Claude Debussy, was, according to its original producer, "bad." Says the program notes of the SF Symphony. The run which concluded last... continue reading on SFist
SFist Interview: Violinist Christian TetzlaffChristian Tetzlaff. Picture: Giorgia Bertazzi At the San Francisco Symphony it's new year, new stuff. The 1992 Ligeti violin concerto will be heard live in San Francisco for the first time ever tomorrow through Sunday. You may recall Ligeti from the soundtrack of 2001, A Space Odyssey or from... continue reading on SFist
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