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Monday, June 30, 2014

Corporations Do Not Have Religious Beliefs

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Have you ever seen one in a synagogue or church? Also, do I get to withhold the portion of my taxes funding wars?
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Saturday, June 28, 2014

Walking Out (Again)

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So, yeah, it was undoubtedly a mistake not to swap my Show Boat  ticket for a performances either earlier or later in the run, because lots ...
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As Good As It Gets

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Peter Grimes  at San Francisco Symphony: a splendid performance, with great singing  and conducting, outstanding direction, and a flawless p...
Friday, June 27, 2014

My Wild and Crazy Company

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Open a new Google spreadsheet. Type p in cell A1, r in B1, i in C1, d in D1 and e in E1. Hit enter.
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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Julius Rudel

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Conductor Julius Rudel, who was, for decades, music director and executive director of NYCO, died today in Manhattan , age 93. He said earli...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

"Should I Write an Orchestral Piece?" asks a composer.

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Here is the resulting flowchart .
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Lower Prices for Peter Grimes at SF Symphony

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If you're hesitating about going to see Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes at San Francisco Symphony, perhaps this special price offer...
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Monday, June 23, 2014

Safe Rolling & Falling Class in Berkeley

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I still have some openings in my safe rolling and falling class, which starts next month. Details: Start date : Saturday, July 12, 2014, ...
Friday, June 20, 2014

More on the Klinghoffer HD Broadcast Decision

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 Links to some relevant articles and a few thoughts of my own about the opera. More to come, no doubt. Joshua Kosman has an opinion piece ...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Met Cancels Klinghoffer HD Broadcast

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From the Met: New York , NY ( June 17, 2014 ) – After an outpouring of concern that its plans to transmit John Adams’s opera The Death of...
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If You Are a Facebook User...

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....you might want to read this ProPublica article about their various lies about how they use and intend to use the Like button....and als...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Ticket Fees

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You've Cott Mail, Thomas Cott's invaluable daily arts news & opinion roundup, links today to news stories about a blood pressur...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

RIP (January - June, 2014)

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A number of deaths that I missed: Claudio Abbado , revered conductor. I  never saw Abbado live and have only a couple of his recordings, ...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Warhorses

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Joshua Kosman tells you all about why I have started to skip most revivals of warhorses, in a review of San Francisco Opera's La Traviat...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Rejoice!

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Among the living and dead men, there's a single woman whose work will be featured at Ojai next year (2015, that is):  The 69 th Festi...
Saturday, June 07, 2014

Compare & Contrast 26

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The English National Opera has a new staging of Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini , by Terry Gilliam. Mark Berry and Jessica Duchen went to op...
Friday, June 06, 2014

He is moving like a tremendous machine!

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Before you settle in to watch the Belmont tomorrow (may all the horses come home home safely), you need to see the 1973 Belmont, possibly th...
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Thursday, June 05, 2014

Not Dead Yet

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So I am back, and at this point more or less recovered from the killer jet lag. I think I was awake for 22 hours coming home, which is bette...

Compare & Contrast 25

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[Pushing this up top to another another link.] I have deep respect for Finn Pollard, of Where's Runnicles , and for Mark Berry, of Bou...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

London Blogging Update

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No postings because no keyboard: I cannot get the Chromebook recharged, for reasons unknown. Dual-voltage device? Check. Correct plug conver...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

Day 1: Travel

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Up early on Thursday, 5/15, to finish packing and run errands, then take my mother to a birthday lunch. Left for the airport around 3:15 p.m...
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Friday, May 09, 2014

Colorado Symphony's Cannabis Concerts

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Ahaha: The Colorado Symphony is attempting to hold some bring-your-own-dope fund-raising concerts, which they are calling "Classically ...
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Jane Hirshfield Settings by Mark Winges, Peninsula Women's Chorus

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 If you're on the Peninsula this weekend or next, the Peninsula Women's Chorus is performing "Heart-Spells," by composer M...
Friday, May 02, 2014

Cal Bach & New Esterhazy Quartet

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The New Esterhazy Quartet and the California Bach Society are performing this weekend, together and, for New Esterhazy, separately; a long w...
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Yoncheva Withdraws from San Francisco Traviata and Boheme

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Breaking from San Francisco Opera: SAN FRANCISCO, CA ( May 2, 2014 )—San Francisco Opera today announced casting changes for upcoming pre...
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