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Friday, July 28, 2017

The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Media Roundup

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Here speaketh the reviewers: Joshua Kosman , Chronicle Anne Midgette , Washington Post Zachary Woolfe , NY Times Thomas May , Musical A...

The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Santa Fe Opera

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iPhone announcement Edward Parks (Steve Jobs) and the Santa Fe Opera Chorus Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017 I was at the seco...

Opera for All Voices

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I somehow managed to file an important press release from San Francisco Opera without reporting on it. I stumbled across the same press rele...

John McCain is Still a Lying Liar

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Yes, he came to his senses - or really wanted to screw over Trump - and cast his vote the way I hoped, but here´s what he said about the Aff...

Hawaii Friday Photo

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Poipu, Kauai, March, 2017
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Style Warriors

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It's a source of both frustration and amusement that there are still lots of people around determined to fight the musical style wars of...
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Domingo at Bayreuth?

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So it's been reported that next year, Plácido Domingo will conduct Die Walküre  at the Bayreuth Wagner Festival, the holy of holies for ...
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Saturday, July 22, 2017

Mailing List Segmentation

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Major mailing list management programs, such as Constant Contact and MailChip, offer users a list segmentation function. You use this to div...
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Friday, July 21, 2017

Hawaii Friday Photo

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Poipu, Kauai, March, 2017
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Steve Jobs, the Man, and Steve Jobs, the Opera

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There's been some discussion about The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs , the opera, on Twitter over the last couple of days, and about larger...
Friday, July 14, 2017

Want to be on the War Memorial Stage?

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SF Opera is holding supernumerary auditions. They are on a Monday night when I am already committed or I'd consider auditioning for Elek...

La Circe, from Ars Minerva

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San Francisco-based opera company Ars Minerva continues its series of 17th c. Venetian operas with a production of Ziani's La Circe  in ...

Hunter at Opera Theater Unlimited

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Opera Theater Unlimited is the small opera company that put on a thrilling production of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea  las...

San Francisco Friday Photo

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Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco October, 2016
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

More of the Same: SFS in 2017-18

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[I obviously started this back in March and never finished it. Here goes.] San Francisco Symphony's 2017-18 season announcement came o...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017

A Non-Opening

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Osmo V ä skä has extended his contract at the Minnesota Orchestra for three years, through 2022.
Monday, July 10, 2017

Voices Are Different

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Ellie Dehn Photo: Victoria Janashvili Courtesy of San Francisco Opera From San Francisco Opera comes news of a cast change, for th...

Return of the King

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Received from the Met; notes in square brackets by me: James Levine will conduct the Met’s new production of Puccini’s  Tosca  next season...
Friday, July 07, 2017

Cahill / Harrison

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Pianist Sarah Cahill is on a continuing her Lou Harrison Centennial tour. Here's concert info, and for Bay Area residents, note the ...

A Region Exhales: Mark Hanson Named ED of San Francisco Symphony

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Brent Assink, longtime executive director of the San Francisco Symphony, announced last fall that he'd be leaving the post at the end of...

East Bay Friday Photo

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View from Point Isabel Dog Park October, 2016
Wednesday, July 05, 2017

Donor Relations

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$$$ In the wake of the 2017 presidential election, organizations such as the Sierra Club, Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU, and Planne...
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Tuesday, July 04, 2017

War Memorial Opera House Seat Replacement Project

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If you sit in the Balcony or Balcony Circle for performances by SF Opera or SF Ballet, you were the first beneficiaries of the ongoing seat ...
Sunday, July 02, 2017

Lincoln Center White Light Festival

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Lincoln Center announced its 2017 White Light Festival about ten days ago. As usual, there's some great stuff: cross-cultural music and ...
Friday, June 30, 2017

Hawaii Friday Photo

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Kalalau Lookout, Kauai March, 2017
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