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UC Press to Publish “Dreaming with Open Eyes”

May 10, 2019October 10, 2018

Ferry readers should also make note of a forthcoming book coming out of the storied University of California Press next month. Dreaming with Open Eyes examines … Read more

Categories Books & Film Tags Opera

Cav/Pag Chorus Maestro Shares Insights on Upcoming SFO Performance

May 10, 2019September 1, 2018

A year after the legendary Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, recorded the leading role in Pagliacci, he had barely the time to hop a ferry and escape … Read more

Categories Interviews, Music Tags Opera

David Gockley Given Opera Medal in Moving “Post-Ring” Ceremony

May 10, 2019July 2, 2018

Considered a risk-taking innovator in American opera, David Gockley served as general director of San Francisco Opera from January 2006 until his retirement in July … Read more

Categories Music Tags Opera

San Francisco Opera and Symphony Stage Masterpieces This June

May 10, 2019May 28, 2018

Working behind the scenes at San Francisco Opera’s Ring and San Francisco Symphony’s semi-staged performances of Mussorgsky’s opera, Boris Godunov, are two remarkable artists who … Read more

Categories Interviews, Music Tags Opera, San Francisco Symphony

All Aboard for the Return of the Ring (Cycle)

May 10, 2019April 30, 2018

As Cultural Currents readers know the last time the  San Francisco Opera staged the Three Cycles of the Ring was seven years ago. But the Bay Area’s infatuation with the Richard … Read more

Categories Events, Music Tags Opera

Opera Parallèle and SFJAZZ Partner in Leonard Bernstein Tribute

May 10, 2019January 5, 2018

SFJAZZ and Opera Parallèle join forces again for a multi-media, multi-genre tribute to the centennial of iconic and versatile American composer Leonard Bernstein. This production links … Read more

Categories Events, Music Tags Jazz, Opera

Kip Cranna Plays Unique Role as SFO Dramaturg

May 10, 2019October 29, 2017

As noted elsewhere on our site, San Francisco Opera’s dramaturg Kip Cranna will help educate audiences this season with a series of pre-performance lectures. In … Read more

Categories Interviews, Music Tags Opera

Girls of the Golden West Primer

May 10, 2019October 13, 2017

While Thanksgiving remains the quintessential native saga for most Americans, here in California we have a distinctly different perspective. This should be highly evident when … Read more

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