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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Das Rheingold Blogosphere Roundup

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Opera Tattler has a mainstream-media roundup .I'm just scanning the blogs. A.C.Douglas liked the conducting about as much as I did. (...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Half-Hour In

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Okay. The Met has a better orchestra than San Francisco. God, what a sound they're making. But - and this is a huge but - I'll take ...
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Zarin Mehta Stepping Down from NYPO Post

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He's the president and executive director of the orchestra. Dan Wakin has the story .

I Hope the Met Added Some Server Capacity.

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Because I predict a complete overload starting around 6 p.m. (Eastern) tonight, when their pre-opening features start to stream . (Yes,  I w...

Lotfi's Latest

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So, Lotfi Mansouri, former general manager of the San Francisco Opera, published a memoir recently, called An Operatic Journey . A friend ci...

Dead, Dead, Dead

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You all know that classical music has been dying for years, right? I concede that there are many troubled organizations and that the audien...
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As Long as I'm Talking About Zajick

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You hear a singer with her abilities, and you start daydreaming. I heard her as Adalgisa in 2001, and at the time I thought, my gosh, with t...

Stand and Deliver

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One's expectations have a lot to do with what one experiences, in performances and in life. I saw Vladimir Horowitz in one of his legend...
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Friday, September 24, 2010

The Latest on Jekowsky/California Symphony

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Read Janos Gereben's story in San Francisco Classical Voice; he has quotations from various interested parties.  Additional news cover...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Strange Doings Indeed

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Barry Jekowsky's publicist, Lyla Foggia, has sent me Jekowky's own press release, which contains a useful overview of his career. He...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Cracked Orlando

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If only I were in NYC, I'd go see this in a minute, but alas - you, dear East Coast readers, must attend in my stead. On October 15 to...

Strange Doings at the California Symphony

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Take a look at the home page of the California Symphony , and do it fast: see the photo of Barry Jekowsky on the page? I predict it won'...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Sanford Dole Ensemble Seeks Board Members

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The Sanford Dole Ensemble is looking for new members for their board of directors, and sent email a couple of weeks ago: Sanford Dole Ensemb...

Summers Leaves, Domingo Stays

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Front page of the Times informs us that Lawrence Summers, President Obama's top economic advisor, is leaving the administration at the e...
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Cal Performances Fall Free-for-All

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Cal Performances kicks off its fall season this Sunday with a fantastic free event called the Fall Free-for-All. Yes, it is free; yes, it fe...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Post-Performance Opera Discussions

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San Francisco Opera will start sponsoring post-performance discussions of some operas this fall. So far, two are planned: Aida , on Sunday...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

You are Going to Get Your Asses Sued Off Whether You Apologize or Not

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So do the right thing, you cowards.
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That Quotation Does Not Mean What You Think It Means

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Prominently displayed in San Francisco Opera's latest e-opera is the headline from Joshua Kosman's Aida review: Visual Banquet, Au...
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Il Postino

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LA Opera sent email with a link to a behind-the-scenes page regarding Il Postino, Daniel Catan's new opera, which is being premiered in...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

A Tale of Two Models

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Yes, it's the Votemaster , at electoral-vote.com versus Nate Silver, at fivethirtyeight.com, oops, the fivethirtyeight blog at the NY Ti...

What to Do, What to Do

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So. I have tickets, cheap ones, to Aida , Nozze , Cyrano , and (of course)  The Makropoulos Case . I want to see Werther , and I am not all ...
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Coming Up: The Witch of Endor

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The press release from Urban Opera is here! The Witch of Endor , by Henry Purcell October 30 and 31, 4 p.m. (yay! So you can get to othe...
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Sunday Miscellany

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Local Mostly Motets , which rehearses in San Francisco and Berkeley on Sunday afternoons, is auditioning singers for all parts. Email the ...

Location, Location, Location

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For some reason, I haven't been linking to Proper Discord , an obvious error, as the anonymous blogger is quite a sharp and interesting ...
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

More on Levine and His Schedule

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Anthony Tommasini on Levine's health, his schedule, and the impact of his health on the Met and BSO . You've heard it before, from T...