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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

West Edge Opera Snapshot

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West Edge Opera has a new program called Snapshot. Its mission is to "introduce work by both emerging and established Northern Californ...
Monday, November 28, 2016

It's a Wonderful Life Comes to San Francisco

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Back in October, 2014, when David Gockley announced his retirement, the press release included the following: In the near future, San Fra...
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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Concert Pile-Up Weekend

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Yes, it's the weekend after Thanksgiving and there are too many concerts (and other events) to attend. Adler Fellows Gala Concert (Th...
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Saturday, November 26, 2016

California Bach Society Scandinavian Christmas

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Cal Bach has a great-looking program coming up next weekend. December 2-4, 2016 Jul, Jul—A Scandinavian Christmas Music old and new, ...
Friday, November 25, 2016

Germany Friday Photo

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Signage for the blind, Munich S- or U-Bahn Germany, 2015
Friday, November 18, 2016

Germany Friday Photo

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Plaque in memory of homosexual victims of the Nazis Dachau, Germany August, 2015
Friday, November 11, 2016

Germany Friday Photo

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Barracks Foundations, Dachau August, 2015
Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Gods Help Us All

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My personal election post-mortem is complicated. Trump won because of many and diverse reasons, including....the Electoral College. Hillary ...
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Tuesday, November 08, 2016

Dear GOP:

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Thanks for 30+ years of telling Americans how terrible government is; thanks for 50+ years of dog-whistling racism; thanks for the obstructi...
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Sir John Falstaff in the Bronx

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For its 50th birthday season, Bronx Opera - I did not know there was a Bronx opera - will perform RVW's Sir John in Love  and Verdi'...

Music for Biting Your Fingernails (Orchard Circle)

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Zachary Woolfe of the NY Times tweeted earlier today that he was listening to Virgil Thomson's  The Mother of Us All , which seems t...
Monday, November 07, 2016

Vote.

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A non-partisan message: if you're a US citizen who is registered to vote, please vote. I say this to everyone, of all political pers...

New Nymphet on the Block

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Salome (Patricia Racette) performing the Dance of the Seven Veils.  With her are (left to right) Attack Theatre’s Nick Coppula, Anthony...
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Changes, Part 2

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I worked in downtown San Francisco from 1983-88 and again for a few months in the fall and winter of 1997-98. Boy, have things changed. ...
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Friday, November 04, 2016

Tristan und Isolde, Met HD Broadcast

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I had planned to go to NYC for the Met's new productions of Wagner's  Tristan und Isolde  and Rossini's  Guillaume Tell , both g...

Changes!

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I learned recently that not everyone is aware that as of September 19, I'm working at Google's San Francisco offices, in the ...
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Really?

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Garrick Ohlsson is giving a recital at Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the press release includes this: The program opens with Sonata Op...
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Germany Friday Photo

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Firehouse, Munich August, 2015
Tuesday, November 01, 2016

New! Improved! Publicity Basics!

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I wrote the Publicity Basics page at least six years ago, and last made significant changes to it in 2012. It's intended for organizati...
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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Be Discreet.

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Okay. Someone you cared about died, and that special person wanted to spend eternity (or the life of the building) somewhere that was ve...
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Friday, October 28, 2016

Germany Friday Photo

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Two Sides of the Same Sign Dachau, Germany August, 2015
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Lyric Opera Cast Change Announcement

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I don't have the press release, but we'll assume that the Chicago Sun-Times isn't lying : Sophie Koch, scheduled to sing Didon, ...
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Saturday, October 22, 2016

Rubin Institute for Music Criticism Public Panel - Thoughts for the Future

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I left my copious notes from yesterday's public panel at work, so I can't give you a full report, but I have some ideas about making...
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Friday, October 21, 2016

Germany Friday Photo

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Food display at Dallmayr Munich, August, 2015
Thursday, October 20, 2016

San Francisco Opera Chorus Gives a Concert!

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Here's something I've never seen before: a concert by the SF Opera Chorus, and hoorah for that. They're a great group that has m...
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