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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

And in that Other Opera with the Tubercular Soprano...

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Quinn Kelsey will sing Giorgio Germont in the first three performances of La Traviata, substituting for  Ludovic Tézier, who is sick. Marina...

And the Answer is.....

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One of the two originally-scheduled tenors, plus four tenors subbing in for the other of the originals. Note: One of the subs is also subbin...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Conductor Changes, LAPO, SFS

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Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie has withdrawn from all of his conducting commitments through the first half of 2015. He's being treat...

How Many Tenors Does it Take to Sing Rodolfo?

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In San Francisco, two (so far) for 13 performances: Michael Fabiano and Giorgio Berrugi. At the Met, they'll let us know at the end of...

This Just Makes Me Want to Curse Loudly.

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Found in yet another Times story about the ongoing GM ignition fiasco: Ms. Anderson, 21 at the time of the crash, suffered serious injur...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Follow-Ups

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About Suzuki: see the comment from Daniel Wolf on my original posting  and see this article about Mark O'Connor's remarks about Suz...
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Saturday, November 22, 2014

So You Think We Have Problems with Congress.

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I'm reading Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers:  How Europe Went to War in 1914 , and hoo boy, am I ever learning a lot. First, th...
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Friday, November 21, 2014

Guess I was Wrong About That

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Here I am, on Monday, March 13, 2013:  [Jorge Mario Bergolio] is from the same mold as Cardinal Rat, and yes, we will be going through thi...

The Future is Now: Adler Fellows' Concert

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The annual event, from the press release: Tickets for  The Future is Now: Adler Fellows Gala Concert  are priced from $30 to $65 and may b...

Worth a Look

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Found on the Web: Zoe Madonna's Rubin Institute reviews . (She was the winner of the $10,000 prize.) Suby Raman graphs gender in US ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Cough, Cough: Vargas Out Again

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Ramon Vargas is still sick - hey, in Boheme , it's the soprano  who has the lung problems - and will miss several more performances of t...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Special Classes at Berkeley Dan Zan Ryu

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I am currently planning to schedule the following special classes at Berkeley Dan Zan Ryu during the first half of 2015.   All classe...

I am Not the Intended Audience.

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Well, I had been looking forward to the San Francisco Symphony's SoundBox series, which will take place in a smaller space in Davies tha...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

Tosca at San Francisco Opera

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Long-time readers of this blog know that I have some antipathy toward Tosca , largely because I want to slap the title character silly at mu...
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Tattling: SF Opera Boheme

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Why I fled my dress circle seat, paid for by me, at intermission: To the lady to my immediate left: I know that the seats are tiny and ther...
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Sunday, November 16, 2014

That Was a Tough One.

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My review of Curlew River  is posted at SFCV. I filed it about 13 hours late; not that I think anyone noticed, but in theory I should have f...
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Also a Little Embarrassing

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But not blind. Licia Albanese's ability to put one over about her age has continued after her death. In the company's annual round...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

It's Mildly Embarrassing....

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....when the photo caption in a preview mentions a performer who isn't in the photo. ....when a leading artist's name is spelled ...
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Friday, November 14, 2014

(Another) Met Boheme Cast Change!

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Roman Vargas, who is currently singing Rodolfo at the Met, has taken ill, so Bran....no, actually, it's not Brandon Jovanovich subbing i...
Sunday, November 09, 2014

Scores

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Taken out of two libraries today: Curlew River , Britten, SF Public Library Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Britten (Oakland Publ...
Friday, November 07, 2014

Joshua Kosman Tells You What It's Like

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To be a music critic, that is.
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Playlist

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This week I am listening to Curlew River (English Opera Group/Britten, Pears, Shirley-Quirk, etc. natch) in preparation for seeing and revi...

Goings-On at the Rubin Institute Panels and Talks

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Over at LiveJournal, frequent commenter Kalimac has been writing up the public events of the Rubin Institute for [Classical] Music Criticism...
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Thursday, November 06, 2014

A Tweet I'm Really Rather Proud Of.

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Thursday Miscellany

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San Francisco Opera has appointed Daniel Knapp as director of production, a job where he'll be in charge of a budget of $22 million that...
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