Month: August 2016

  • * Notes *My review of San Francisco Choral Society's Requiem by Verdi is up on San Francisco Classical Voice. * Tattling * The adolescent girl (who was there with her little brother and their mother) in front of me in Row H of the Orchestra level, had a seat for her purse that was full…

  • * Notes * West Edge Opera opened its 2016 festival with The Cunning Little Vixen last night at the abandoned 16th Street train station last night in Oakland. While the orchestra could have been crisper under Maestro Jonathan Khuner, the beauty of Janacek's score comes through. Pat Diamond's production has a ton of charm and the…