Opera Parallèle gave a moving world premiere of David Hanlon's The Pigeon Keeper (pictured, photograph by Stefan Cohen) at Cowell Theater in San Francisco last night. The piece was prepared ...

Violinist Midori (pictured, photograph by Nigel Parry) and pianist Özgür Aydin gave a recital inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca's poem Casida of the Lament. The playing was vibrant and varied. Midori ...

This is a work in progress, based on my own experiences trying to wrangle tickets. San Francisco Opera: There are 200 standing room tickets for each performance, and 150 of these go on sale at 10 am ...