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Opera in Live Performance, Thoughts and Assessments at the End of 2011, Part Two

January 3rd, 2012

Robert, who has had the San Francisco Opera subscription seats across the aisle from me for decades, related a funny incident to me. According to him, a young woman, attending her first opera at a Los Angeles Opera performance of  Puccini’s “Tosca”, came out at the intermission after the second act and remarked about Tosca [...]

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San Francisco Opera’s Calendar Year 2011 – Another Year of High Caliber Performances

December 20th, 2011

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Opera in Live Performance, Thoughts and Assessments at the End of 2011, Part One

December 10th, 2011

This Thoughts and Assessments Feature dates from the end of 2009, in which I add some thoughts outside of such other posts as my live performance reviews, my memorializations of the 50 year anniversaries of performances I attended, and my interviews with artists who sing, play, conduct, stage, design or write operas. Each year, I [...]

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