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We saw Iphigénie en Tauride last Wednesday, and the curtain fell not only on the last opening of this season, but on the Pamela Rosenberg era. There are still three more performances of Iphigénie to attend (including one tonight; plus three Rosenkavalier and two Don Giovanni), so it’s not yet time to look back.

There is a monument in Rouen, France, in homage of St. Joan of Arc who was burned there on the sizzling stake in 1431, with a quote from André Malraux etched in the stone: "O Joan, without sepulchre, without portrait, you who knew that the tomb of heroes is the heart of the living." Malraux was right about the heart thing, but wrong about the rest: Dolora Zajick gave us a beautil portrait of the saint, from shy shepherdess devoted to God, to fierce warrior, to passionate lover, to resigned martyr, in the San Francisco Opera production of Tchaikovsky's Joan of Arc (The Maid of Orleans) which opened last Saturday.

We went to the opera yesterday for the introduction of new SF Opera general director David Gockley, who officially succeeded Pamela Rosenberg on January 1st. Pamela Rosenberg was the director for the last five years, commissioned Dr Atomic and generally tried to shake things up a bit, so we were curious to see were Gockley stands.