November 2010 – Repeat Performances

November 24, 2010

English National Opera’s “A Dog’s Heart”

“6 January (entries made partly in pencil, partly in violet ink): Today, after the dog’s tail had fallen out, he quite clearly pronounced the word ‘liquor.’ Recording apparatus switched on. God knows what’s happening. (Total...

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November 21, 2010

New Century in Marin

Difficult program, dazzling moments The New Century Chamber Orchestra dazzled a full house at San Rafael’s Osher Marin Jewish Community Center last Sunday. But that was after the intermission. On their first half they embarked on a long and arduous mission, Dmitry Sitkovetsky’s chamber orchestra version of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Bach’s...

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November 13, 2010

Makropulos Case at SF Opera

Stars and shadows at War Memorial Opera House Acting at the San Francisco Opera House? Real seize-the-moment acting? Yep. Karita Mattila sang the title role in a lurid thriller that...

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