The Lamplighters present “Ruddygore”

Pink cheeked and diabolical Ruddygore; or, The Witch’s Curse, premiered in London in 1887, and was the 10th of the 14 comic operas written by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan during their long collaboration. It was not an instant hit,...

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The Berkeley Symphony with Tito and Tao

A Polish powerhouse and a chiseled beauty… An evening of surprises lay in store for Berkeley Symphony fans last Thursday, Feb. 4 at Zellerbach Hall. The first was Monday’s announcement that Joana Carneiro, their dynamic conductor, was too sick to fly in from Lisbon for the week of rehearsals and to lead them in a concert that she had titled “Majestic.” ...

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