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On a Pacific Aisle

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Retro grading
A look back at the musical and theatrical highlights of 2025
 • Joshua Kosman
Shawstruck
A dazzling program highlighted a new choral masterpiece with a Baroque tinge
 • Joshua Kosman
Paragons of virtuosity
An outstanding Sondheim production landed all too fittingly in the wake of Tom Stoppard's death
 • Joshua Kosman
Community service
For four decades, an all-volunteer orchestra in Redwood City has been punching above its weight
 • Joshua Kosman
High season
The triumphant premiere of "The Monkey King" put a seal on the San Francisco Opera's splendid fall lineup
 • Joshua Kosman
Inner voices
When my gut told me to skip last week’s San Francisco Symphony program, maybe I shoulda listened
 • Joshua Kosman
Minority report
Scowling to myself in theaters and concert halls while everyone else has a good time
 • Joshua Kosman
Hard to parse
Not even the San Francisco Opera's superb new production could dispel the essential problems of Wagner's Parsifal
 • Joshua Kosman
On a Pacific Aisle
On a Pacific Aisle
Notes on music and culture in the Bay Area and beyond
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