Anticipation

War Memorial Opera House

Photo by Lisa Hirsch

I've got the latest in a bunch of cancellations and postponements in hand, in thee wake of the Bay-Area- and state-wide shelter-in-place orders, including the following:

• LA Phil and events at WDCH, cancelled through May 10.
• Opera Parallele is postponing Harvey Milk and related events.
• Earplay is postponing an upcoming concert
• SF Ballet has suspended the balance of their season.
• San Francisco Renaissance Voices cancelled another concert and is suspending operations.

Not yet heard from: LA Opera and San Francisco Opera. But note the following:

• LAO has a production of Pelleas et Melisande scheduled to open in early May. Their rehearsals have to commence around April 1.
• SF Opera has its summer season opening around the beginning of June. Their rehearsals have to commence around May 1.

I know what I would do if I were SFO: I'd try to postpone the summer season to July, which would mean that rehearsals for the fall season might overlap with the end of the summer season. But it would buy some time for the company.