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Friday, November 14, 2025

Friday Photo

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Pelican Elkhorn Slough, CA October, 2025 (Click to enlarge)  
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Poiesis Quartet

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Poiesis Quartet Photo by Eden Davis Before the pandemic, my friend DB had twice gone to Banff, in Canada, to attend the Banff International ...

San Francisco Opera: Der Ring des Nibelungen Returns in 2028

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  Brandon Jovanovich (Siegmund) and Karita Mattila (Sieglinde) Act 1, Die Walküre June, 2018 Photo: Cory Weaver, courtesy of San Francisco O...

San Francisco Opera: 2026 Adler Fellows

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  War Memorial Opera House San Francisco Opera has announced its 2026 Adler Fellows. I saw the big Merola concert in August and hoo boy, it ...

SFS New Principal Horn

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Diego Incertis Sánchez Spanish horn player Diego Incertis Sánchez has been appointed principal horn of the San Francisco Symphony. He'll...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Museum Monday

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St. Anthony of Padu Pau Vargas, 15th c. Philadelphia Museum of Art April, 2025  
Friday, November 07, 2025

Hansel und Gretel at Opera Orlando: Two Free Performances on Nov. 8

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  Opera Orlando Hansel und Gretel (photographer not credited) Gingerbread on stage? Must be Englebert Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel , ...

Friday Photo

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Cherry Blossoms Washington, DC April, 2025  
Thursday, November 06, 2025

Still More Music Director Updates

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Apparently I started this in late July, then managed to forget all about it. Here we go. There's some big news here. Jakub  Hrůša  will ...
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Monday, November 03, 2025

Hello, Star at Opera Parallèle

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  Hello, Star Chorus;  Aniyjah Garrett as Young Celeste; Aisha Campbell as Celeste's Mother Photo by Stefan Cohen, courtesy of Opera Par...

Museum Mondays

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Virgin and Child Under a Canopy From the Chapel of the Château Pagny Made near Dijon, France 16th c. Philadelphia Art Museum April, 2025  
Saturday, November 01, 2025

San Francisco Opera Parsifal Streaming, Starting Sunday, November 2, 2025

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Temple of the Grail Act 1 Photo: Cory Weaver, courtesy of San Francisco Opera Tomorrow, Sunday, November 2, is the livestream of the San Fra...
Friday, October 31, 2025

Friday Photo

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Stephenson Memorial  (Memorial to the Grand Army of the Republic) Washington, DC April, 2025 The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal ...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Pure Foolishness

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Parsifal , Act 2 Photo: Cory Weaver / courtesy of San Francisco Opera I've got many thoughts that aren't in my review, but I also ha...
Monday, October 27, 2025

Museum Mondays

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Painting seen through a doorway Philadelphia Museum of Art April, 2025
Friday, October 24, 2025

Friday Photo

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The Mall Washington, DC April, 2025  
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Several Items Make a Post

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Some not-random notes: SFS Chorus Director Jenny Wong has extended her contract with the orchestra through the 2028-29 season. San Francisco...

Emerging Black Composers

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Kyle Rivera Photo courtesy of San Francisco Symphony No photographer credited. San Francisco Symphony has announced that Kyle Rivera, curren...