<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[godunov - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[SFist is San Francisco's source for fun, witty, & serious news. With updates about restaurants, events, sports, politics & more, SFist reaches millions of users in California.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/</link><image><url>https://sfist.com/favicon.png</url><title>godunov - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, &amp; Sports</title><link>https://sfist.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 2.12</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:45:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sfist.com/godunov/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Pooch!]]></title><description><![CDATA[We will get to hear the <a href="http://www.thestandingroom.com/blog/2007/08/where-to-begin.html">microphone between the tits</a>! Anna Netrebko, who kicked off her career in the US here in '96 (in Gl...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/01/17/happy_birthday_2/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2422aa44ad066cdcf1eb37</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[2008-2009 season]]></category><category><![CDATA[angela gheorghiu]]></category><category><![CDATA[anna netrebko]]></category><category><![CDATA[boheme]]></category><category><![CDATA[david gockley]]></category><category><![CDATA[dmitri Hvorostovsky]]></category><category><![CDATA[donald runnicles]]></category><category><![CDATA[godunov]]></category><category><![CDATA[inva mula]]></category><category><![CDATA[La Boheme]]></category><category><![CDATA[La Rondine]]></category><category><![CDATA[La Traviata]]></category><category><![CDATA[Madama Butterfly]]></category><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philistine]]></category><category><![CDATA[san francisco opera]]></category><category><![CDATA[sf]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Opera]]></category><category><![CDATA[tosca]]></category><category><![CDATA[traviata]]></category><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cedric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:02:09 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You'll want to see other, um,  microphones, too, when the provocative Angela Gheorghiu, who we were so smitten with in <a href="http://sfist.com/2007/11/12/touched_by_an_a.php"><em>La Rondine</em></a>, comes back for more Puccini via <a href="http://www.sfopera.com/o/271.asp"><em>La Boheme</em></a>. It seems that it's the 150th anniversary Puccini's birth this year, we're getting two operas by him (with <a href="http://www.sfopera.com/o/273.asp"></a> being the other.) </p>

<p>A wee bit tame, we say, since you typically get two operas by Puccini in <em>any</em> season. Take, for example, <em>La Rondine</em> and <a href="http://sfist.com/2007/12/07/butterfly_20.php"><em>Madama Butterfly</em></a>. A <em>true</em> anniversary celebration would be to showcase all of Puccini's works, or even better, how about eleven different productions of <em>Butterfly</em>? Short of that, you're just screwing the Pooch-ini.</p>

<p><em>Picture of Anna Netrebko courtesy of SF Opera. More after the jump.</em></p><i>Tosca</i>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>