Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Winged Migration (Le peuple migrateur): Birds! We tend to think nothing of them here in the Bay Area - well, as far as the homely and picked upon poor pigeon goes -
Arts & Entertainment MahTlerT In our haste on Tuesday, we forgot to mention that you could hear more MahTlerT (MTT and Mahler have become so imbricated that we had to create a shortcut) here (links to sound
Arts & Entertainment America's Next Opera Star To conclude the apprenticeship program’s 50th season, the Merola program gave its grand finale concert last Saturday at the War Memorial Opera House. The singers did not present a full fledged opera,
Arts & Entertainment Merola's Cenerentola Schwabacher sadly passed away in the middle of last year’s edition, but the new kids (mostly in their 20s), they are all right. His legacy is safe and secure. We saw last
misc Opera in Dolores Park and Free Classical Music We even took a few pictures, that you'll find below the jump. If you want a not-exactly-rain-but-not-good-weather-either-check, there's plenty opportunities: first, the warm and toasty Opera House on Van Ness will start its
SF News What Would Mike Brady Think? The types of buildings were listed in five categories: religious, residential, commercial, historic, and civic. To decide the winners, the AIA had a secret meeting in a dark tomb somewhere and drew lots
Arts & Entertainment At The Ballet The evening started out at a gala Spanish-themed reception at City Hall and the Chron breathlessly reports that "[t]his was the most dressed-up Ballet gala in history. If the ladies pulled out
Arts & Entertainment The Falun Gong Show: SFist Goes To The NTDTV Chinese New Year But a computer-animated backdrop showing a angel flying down to Earth to rescue a dancer portraying a Falun Gong meditator being beaten senseless by Communist goons, together with a song proclaiming, "The Falun
Arts & Entertainment Philistine: Il Matriomonio Segreto We saw James Schwabacher once, at his debut recital series, which he endowed in perpetuity, and where he introduced the singers. He was 86 yo, but still had the quick wit of a
Arts & Entertainment Philistine: Madame Butterfly As for the 3,000 inside, they were treated to a glorious show. Madame Butterfly is a crowd pleaser, as far as tragedies go, and this production came up with a recipe for
misc Philistine: To Catch a Free Butterfly Tomorrow, for the first opera of new director David Gockley's era, the SF Opera will experiment with a live broadcast of the performance playing inside the War Memorial Opera House, outside on the
SF News Fancy Rich Person Magazine Bestows Approval On Fancy Rich Person Museum Our last move to make our travel easier and more stylish involved our pretending not to speak English to avoid conversation with our lecherous coachmate. Somehow, we suspect that that's not what they're
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Opera: Norma Norma is the ultimate bel canto opera, this beautiful singing style which places the emphasis on the lyricism and vocal agility of the singer. It is also an extremely powerful story, and yesterday's
Arts & Entertainment Frameline 29: The Lady in Question is Charles Busch As a young actor, Charles found it tough to get work as an impersonater of classic film stars. So he turned to writing, creating plays like "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom," which allowed him
Arts & Entertainment We've Got Big Balls The gala begins at the Opera House where there will be cocktail receptions, seated dinners, and a gala performance of among other things “Romeo and Juliet.” For the celebration, the Opera House will
