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Friday, September 08, 2017

Hildegard's Ordo Virtutem

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I should have run this last month when San Francisco Renaissance Voice started a series of performances of Hildegard of Bingen's masterp...

....And This is Why SFO (or some other company) Needs to Put On a Trojan Wars Season

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Renée Falconetti as Joan of Arc in Carl Dreyer's The Passion of Joan Odyssey Opera in Boston has a doozy of a season coming up:...
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Friday Photo

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Not my dog. Seen on College Ave., Berkeley My dog. Seen in my kitchen, Oakland I'm going to post these as Friday Photo to...
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Thursday, September 07, 2017

San Francisco Symphony Personnel Changes

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Received from SFS this morning: 1st Violin:     Mark Volkert will retire after the opening week concerts. Bass:    Daniel Gregory Smith ...
Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Christine Goerke Profile

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Christine Goerke in rehearsal for Elektra  at SF Opera Photo: Cory Weaver / San Francisco Opera Whew, my profile of soprano Christ...
Sunday, September 03, 2017

Oakland Ice Cream Advisory

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The San Francisco ice cream maker Humphrey Slocombe has now got an outlet in Oakland, behind some buildings between 24th St. and 23rd Stree...
Friday, September 01, 2017

San Francisco Opera 2018 Ring Ticket Sales Package

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If you've still got the the envelope of paperwork that San Francisco Opera sent out last year to sell 2018 Ring  tickets, could you leav...
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Germany Friday Photo

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Lunch at the Alte Pinakothek, Munich August, 2015
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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

They Had Me Scared for a Minute

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The enveloped arrived today that contains membership materials, aka subscriber benefits, for SF . Opera's 2017-18 season. Under the list...
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Saturday, August 26, 2017

A Visit to Chicago 3: The Complaints Post

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"Cuts? What do you mean, cuts? You cannot cut this opera!" Actually Susan Graham (Didon) threatening the departing Brandon Jo...

A Visit to Chicago 2: Les Troyens

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Lyric Opera Chorus, with Christine Goerke  (Cassandre) way up at the top of the set, far right. This is from the opening scene of the...

A Visit to Chicago 1: Music Not by Berlioz

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Vertigo at Orchestra Hall Photo by me even though you're not supposed to take photos inside the theater. I saw a couple of perf...
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Minor Explanation

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The next few posts I publish are going to be very very chronologically disjointed: they're the three posts I wrote, or started to write,...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Hawaii Friday Photo

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North Shore looking north Kauai, March, 2017
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Free Class: Sign Up Now!

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Intro to Dan Zan Ryu Jujitsu I'm teaching a special free introduction to Dan Zan Ryu jujitsu in about two weeks. It'll inclu...
Monday, August 21, 2017

Emerging? Emerged?

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It's that time of year again: the second winner of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Popularity  Competition has been...
Friday, August 18, 2017

Hawaii Friday Photo

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Kalalau Lookout without the fog Kauai, March 2017
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

That's One Less Turandot Performance I'll Have to See

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Toni Marie Palmertree Photo: Valentina Sadiul Toni Marie Palmertree will sing Liu in all of the September performances of Turnadot, ...
Friday, August 11, 2017

Hawaii Friday Photo

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Waimea Canyon, Kauai, March, 2017 The photos I have don't begin to do the location justice.
Monday, August 07, 2017

San Francisco Opera Cast Change Announcement: Elektra

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Don't panic: it's not Christine Goerke. Stephanie Blythe won't be making her role debut as Klytemnestra next month after all; ...

Three Terrifying Things Before Breakfast

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It was one of those mornings. Here's what terrified me: 1. Alex Wellerstein's post at Restricted Data , ostensibly about a confere...
Friday, August 04, 2017

Hawaii Friday Photo

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South Shore, Kauai, March, 2017
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...