Traditional & Contemporary Opera ~ February in Classical Music

David Latulippe — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:40:35 +0000

This week on Open Air, host David Latulippe talks with Nicole Paiement, director of Opera Parallèle, which is presenting Ainadamar, the 2003 opera opera by Osvaldo Golijov, inspired by the confrontation between poet Federico García Lorca and the Fascist regime during the Spanish Civil War, and with Andrew Whitfield, assistant conductor and chorus master of Opera San Jose, which is presenting Verdi's "Il Trovatore in a massive production inspired by Game of Thrones." For the first Thursday of the month, SF Chronicle music critic Joshua Kosman offers a preview

Queerly Classical music with the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony

Eric Jansen — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:11:22 +0000

Spring into summer with the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony (BARS)! Eric Jansen's guests on this live edition of Out in the Bay are BARS principal clarinetist Susan Barnes; and San Francisco Opera violinist and Oakland East Bay Symphony co-concertmaster Dawn Harms (pictured), who is featured guest soloist for BARS' March 24 concert. They'll play selections from upcoming BARS concerts and tell us about this four-year-old LGBT community orchestra that's been called "a breath of fresh air" in the Bay Area classical music scene.