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‘Dead Man Walking' Author to Speak in SF
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 20 days ago
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Attendees are encouraged to arrive early and take public transportation...San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi said he wanted to bring the social justice leader to San Francisco not only for her message, but for her lively, engaging speaking
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Sue Gilmore: Violinist Augustin Hadelich to make San Francisco Symphony debut
Naples :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Augustin Hadelich, however, might seem to be leapfrogging his way up the career ladder. The 29-year-old violinist is making his San Francisco Symphony debut in this week's concert series at Davies Symphony Hall as a replacement for German violinist
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Review: Andre Previn's `Streetcar' makes it to NYC
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Previn's adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play, with a libretto by Philip Littell, returned for Thursday night's semistaged concert performance at Carnegie Hall with Renee Fleming, who sang Blanche Dubois at the San Francisco Opera's world
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If only ... upon meeting Van Cliburn
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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This Years later, just a few years ago, in fact, that happened. Cliburn and then new San Francisco Opera Director David Gockley had been pals in Texas, and at the opening of Gockley's first season here, Cliburn came up for the event, along with a
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Review: Guest Conductor Cabrera, California Symphony make a perfect match in concert
Shanghai :: China | 3 months ago
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Sunday afternoon's concert in the Lesher Center's Hoffman Theater brought the latest in a yearlong series of applicants to the stage, and the results were nothing short of outstanding. As guest conductor, Donato Cabrera became the sixth of seven
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Review: San Francisco Opera's 'The Secret Garden' is a misfire
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Composer Nolan Gasser has described "The Secret Garden" as "a trip from darkness to light." That neatly sums up his new opera, based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel about an orphan whose shrinking world opens up and blooms as
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Nolan Gasser's 'Secret Garden' blooms
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Composer and pianist Nolan Gasser of Petaluma has adapted the children's classic " The Secret Garden ," in a joint project between the San Francisco Opera and Cal Performances in Berkeley. "It's the perfect operatic vehicle; it has rich characters
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Zheng Cao: Beloved Shanghai-born singer dies
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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This Mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao , a vivid and dramatically resourceful artist who appeared regularly with the San Francisco Opera and on stages worldwide, died Thursday night at her home in San Francisco after a long battle with cancer...Cao (pronounced
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Sue Gilmore: California Symphony continues its conductor search with Alistair Willis' audition concert
Walnut Creek :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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The Grammy-nominated Alistair Willis, 41, a Massachusetts native who spent much of his youth in Moscow and England, is leading a pre-Valentine's Day "Sounds of Love" concert that will include selections from Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story,"
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Opera San Jose founder/general director Irene Dalis will step down in July 2014
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Now after nearly 30 years of running the company, Dalis, 87, has announced her retirement. "It's time," she said. "It's my baby, but it's time." Dalis tendered her resignation Thursday night to the company's board of trustees, agreeing to stay on as
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