Interviews with major figures on the international, national, and local San Francisco Bay Area classical music scene.
A woman matching the following description: "tall and willowy, yet perfectly proportioned, with thick, Nordic-blond hair cascading down her back,...
Wagner's Brünnhilde? Absolutely. Puccini's Turandot? A stretch of the imagination. Those were the first words that ran through my mind as warmly...
For those of us who like our piano music strong and muscular but still packed with poetry and passion, there hardly could be a better choice than...
Where in the world do you find classical music composers capable of rivaling the greats of yesteryear? Many serious music aficionados would suggest...
How do you portray a god? That was a question a fan recently asked handsome, linebacker-built baritone Mark Delavan, who will portray Wotan, Nordic...
Cheryl North Interviews Audra McDonald prior to her performance at a special concert with the San Francisco Symphony, April 26, 2010 Material from a...
When American composer Charles Ives, 1874-1954, composed a piece he called The Unanswered Question in 1906, he couldn't have dreamed that a Russian...
Well, it's finally here: Christmas Day, 2009. Along with Merry Christmas wishes from me to all my readers, let me reveal my sure-fire recipe for an...
Remember Dorothy's exclamation to her little dog Toto in the classic movie The Wizard of Oz? "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," she...
THE BAY AREA is about to experience some bracing energy from the north when Finnish-born Osmo Vanska assumes the podium to pilot the San Francisco...
Have you ever had a melody that you just can't seem to get out of your head? Sometimes it goes away, but it can become so much a part of you that it...
If Roman philosopher Seneca's assertion that "art imitates nature" (or life) is true, then one could be well on the way to understanding the...