Posts Tagged ‘san francisco opera’

Needed: A Long Look at America’s Arts Financing.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

By: Frank Cadenhead In America, a decades-long earthquake in the arts continues. From my perspective in France, I cannot be an authority on this matter but the evidence seems to exist and it looks like something someone in America should acknowledge. The decline in attendance figures for America’s opera houses and symphony orchestras was well [...]

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Chinese lessons in San Francisco

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

by Ken Smith Although San Francisco is rather famously open to Asian influences, this season’s production of The Bonesetter’s Daughter has taught people at San Francisco Opera a few new expressions in Chinese. Take “huang niu” – literally, “yellow cow” – which is what the Chinese call scalpers for any public event or transportation requiring [...]

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