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Monday, November 27, 2023

Museum Mondays

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Ceiling of the Opera House Palace of Versailles February, 2019  
Sunday, November 26, 2023

Saariaho Performances on the Web

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Kaija Saariaho (and bits of Peter Sellars) Santa Fe, August, 2008 Photo by Lisa Hirsch Found on line: Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France...
Friday, November 24, 2023

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Gustavo?

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  Davies Symphony Hall Photo by Lisa Hirsch Back in April, 2022, I reviewed a San Francisco Symphony program led by guest conductor Gustavo...
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Friday Photo

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Daylight moon over New Mexico August, 2019  
Thursday, November 23, 2023

People and Things to be Thankful For

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Somewhat similar to last year's post, though I had to take out "SF Opera's continuing mask requirement": There's so mu...
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Monday, November 20, 2023

Smith and Stravinsky at San Francisco Symphony

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  Davies Symphony Hall Photo by Lisa Hirsch Reviews of From the Edge , the second San Francisco Symphony installment in the California Festi...
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Museum Mondays

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Gates of Versailles Palace Paris, France February, 2019  
Sunday, November 19, 2023

San Francisco Opera 2024 Adler Fellows; Adler Concert

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  War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Photo by Lisa Hirsch San Francisco Opera announced the 2024 Adler Fellows at the beginning of Octo...

More SFS Retirements

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  Davies Symphony Hall, SF Photo by Lisa Hirsch October, 2023 San Francisco Symphony sent word the other week about two year-end retirements...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

San Francisco Opera: Omar

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  Jamez McCorckle and members of the San Francisco Opera Chorus Omar , Act 2 Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera I filed my Omar  review ...
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Sunday, November 12, 2023

Mysteries of Publicity

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Throwback Sunday? I'm reminded of an older post in which I lamented that I'm much more likely to attend a concert if I know what you...
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Friday, November 10, 2023

Friday Photo

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Griffith Observatory Seen from the parking lot of Hollyhock House Los Angeles, April, 2023  

Belated Museum Mondays

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Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington ,   El Cid Campeador (Ruy Diaz de Bivar, 1040 – 1099) ,   1921 Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco Aug...
Thursday, November 09, 2023

SF Performances Announces Postponement of Stephen Hough; Castalian String Quartet

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Veterans Building, with Herbst Theater, in the distance; War Memorial Opera House, foreground Vintage post card, collection of Lisa Hirsch S...
Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Thoughts on Lohengrin

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  Judit Kutasi as Ortrud Act 2, Lohengrin Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Since the SFO Lohengrin  opened, I've been thinking a f...
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Friday, November 03, 2023

Friday Photo

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Pointy-headed cabbage The last time I saw one of these it was an Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage. Description: a pointy green cabbage sitting...
Monday, October 30, 2023

California Festival

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I've only blogged once before about the California Festival, but it is upon us, starting this Friday, November 3. I'm not going to ...
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Jake Heggie's Intelligence: Media Round-Up

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I haven't seen this opera, though I can say that when I read about it a few weeks ago I was surprised and dismayed to see that two white...

Museum Mondays

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Self-Portrait Raphael Palace of the Legion of Honor San Francisco, August, 2018  
Friday, October 27, 2023

Friday Photo

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Painted Butterflies Mural, Allée Verte or vicinity Paris, February, 2019  
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Monday, October 23, 2023

Museum Mondays

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Detail from "Marianna" John Everett Millais Palace of the Legion of Honor August, 2018  
Friday, October 20, 2023

Departures

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Sigh: Stephen Rubin died last Friday, October 13 , at 81, of complications of sepsis following an infection. He was an immensely successful ...
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I Gemelli : Performances I Wish I Could Get To

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(Photo care of I Gemelli) The Toulouse-based Baroque music group I Gemelli  has a short North American tour next month, with a program calle...

Friday Photo

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  At the grave of Charles Garnier Architect of the Opéra Garnier, Paris October, 2018
Thursday, October 19, 2023

Why I Keep Wearing a Mask and Dining Outside at Restaurants

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The Monday before last, that is, October 9, I had dinner with a friend - outdoors. On Friday, I emailed him to say it was great to see him (...