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Classical Concerts This Month in NorCal

Find classical concerts, opera, chamber music, recitals, and orchestra events this month in Northern California, with venues, times, and ticket status.

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NorCal Classical Concerts, Calendar, Venues & Tickets

Use this Northern California classical concert guide to compare concerts tonight, this week, this month, and across the next 90 days, including opera, orchestra, chamber music, recitals, venue calendars, performance times, ticket status, and official source links.

39 artists • 6 composers • 4 formats • 48 venues • 6 neighborhoods

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Date: Tue, Nov 3, 7:30 PM PST

Format: RecitalSee ticket options
Venue: Studio G • Neighborhood: Civic Center • • Details

Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study. Program Final program details will be announced upon availability.

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Date: Tue, Nov 3, 7:30 PM PST

Format: OperaSee ticket options
Venue: War Memorial Opera House • Neighborhood: NorCal • • Details

Program: Mozart , Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Performers: San Francisco Opera; Sebastian Weigle , Conductor; Michael Cavanagh , Director; Shawna Lucey , Revival Director; Peter Kellner , Figaro; Slávka Zámečníková , Susanna; Thomas Mole , Count Almaviva; Olivia Smith , Countess Almaviva; Simone McIntosh , Cherubino

Date: Tue, Nov 3, 7:30 PM PST

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Venue: Sol Joseph Recital Hall • Neighborhood: Civic Center • • Details

Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study. Program Final program details will be announced upon availability.

Date: Tue, Nov 3, 7:30 PM PST

Format: OperaSee ticket options
Venue: War Memorial Opera House • Neighborhood: Civic Center • • Details

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart When Count Almaviva attempts to prevent the marriage of the wily valet Figaro and his quick-witted fiancé Susanna, the pair must enlist the help of the slighted Countess. Set in a manor house in revolutionary America, this San Francisco Opera production of Mozart’s endearing comedy is a careful inspection of the social constructs of power and class.

Date: Wed, Nov 4, 7:30 PM PST

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Venue: Barbro Osher Recital Hall • Neighborhood: Civic Center • • Details

Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study. ProgramFinal program details will be announced upon availability.

Date: Tue, Nov 3, 12:30 PM PST

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Venue: Old St. Mary's Cathedral • Neighborhood: San Francisco Bay Area • • Details

Meining Wu Claire Chang Program: J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 854 Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61 Carl Vine: Piano Sonata No. 1, I. Meining Wu J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major, BWV 862 Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52: I. Allegro Franz Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 11, “Harmonies du soir” György Ligeti: Étude No. 13, “L’escalier du diable” (The Devil’s Staircase) Claire Chang

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