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Wednesday, February 01, 2017

And So It Goes.

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Once again, Marcelo Alvarez is out: Roberto Aronica will sing the role of Don José in the February 7 and 11 matinee performances of Bizet’...
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Monday, January 30, 2017

Compare & Contrast 32: Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI

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Okay, this will be a somewhat unusual media round-up, because I am dipping into the past for some of my comparisons. I saw Jordi Savall an...

Met Carmen Musical Chairs

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From the Met: Rafael Davila will sing the role of Don José in the January 31 and February 3 performances of Bizet’s Carmen, replacing the ...
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Sunday, January 29, 2017

The Arts and 45

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A couple of articles to leave you depressed at the state of the world. Anne Midgette, Donald Trump, Taste, and the Cultural Elite Philip...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

La Traviata, San Francisco Opera, Fall 2017

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San Francisco Opera's recent season announcement has an intriguing cast for the fall, 2017, production of La Traviata : three singers ma...
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Friday, January 27, 2017

Oakland Friday Photo

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San Francisco Bay, Seen From Bay Bridge January 13, 2017
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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Actually, We Do Know Why.

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More lies from Stephen Bannon . I'll footnote them, just for fun. “The media should be embarrassed and humiliated [1] and keep its mou...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

Concerned About Your Personal Safety in the Trump Era?

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Not what we teach beginners. At Open Door Jujitsu , we offer two-week and six-week-self-defenses class and ongoing training in Dan ...

Figaro, Figaro, Figaro, Figaro!

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Cast change announcement from the Met, re tonight's Barbiere ; bad news for people who bought tickets to see Peter Mattei (and who would...

New Recording of Robert Ward's The Crucible

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There is a new recording, apparently only the second, of Robert Ward's The Crucible , an opera created only a few years after its source...
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Pure Speculation

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One of the consequences of the changing of the guard at San Francisco Opera is the advent of a general director who is perfectly happy on so...
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LA Chamber Orchestra 2017-18

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The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra celebrates its 50th birthday next season. They are also looking for their next music director; Jeffrey Kah...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Oakland Friday Photo

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Bay Bridge January 13, 2017
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Ojai Music Director Update

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Patricia Kopatchinskaja  Okay, this is one of those good-news-bad-news posts, except that the bad news isn't that bad.  Patrici...
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It's Tough Being Young: Media Roundup, Das klagende Lied at San Francisco Symphony

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"Gus" Mahler I looked forward to the MTT/SFS semi-staged performance of Mahler's Das klagende Lied  with great anticipa...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

San Francisco Opera 2017-18 Season Announcement and Press Conference

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Francesca Zambello, John Adams, Peter Sellars, Matthew Shilvock Photo: Scott Wall, courtesy of San Francisco Opera As I said the oth...
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She'll Swivel Her Hips

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From the Met, Sophie Koch withdraws from her upcoming Carmen performances (title role), owing to illness: Clémentine Margaine will make h...
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Sunday, January 15, 2017

Who Cares Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Not the production we saw today. We left after Act 2.
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Saturday, January 14, 2017

So Much for My Favorite Candidate.

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James Conlon's contract as Music Director of LA Opera has been renewed. The contract was going to expire next year, but will now run thr...
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Dohnányi Withdraws from BSO Concerts

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From the press release: Christoph von Dohnányi, upon the advice of his physician, cannot travel at this time due to the flu and has regret...

Movie Nights

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Joshua Kosman has an excellent article in the Chron about symphony orchestras that are scheduling movie screenings enhanced by live per...
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Friday, January 13, 2017

Cast Change of the Silver Rose

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From the Met (and no, it's not her ): Kathleen Kim will sing Sophie in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier at the April 28 and May 1 performan...

Chicago Friday Photo

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U-505 Stern                               U-505 Bow Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago November, 2016
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Seattle Opera Season 2017-18

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I noted a couple of weeks ago that Seattle will have Berlioz's Beatrice et Benedict  next season, but I didn't write up the rest of ...

Houston Grand Opera Season Announcement, 2017-18

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Houston Grand Opera season 2017-18, copy/paste from PDF. Some comments in line. Verdi: La traviata October 20, 22m, 28, Nov. 1, 3, 5m†, 1...
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