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November 21, 2025

Monkey is King in San Francisco

November 21, 2025/ Elsa Tranter
Monkey is King in San Francisco

The energy and general “buzz” on the night I went—the third performance of eight—was palpable even before the opera started.  There were Chinese dragons performing in the lobby…

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Monkey King, 2025/26 Season, San Francisco Opera
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    • Oct 15, 2016 Joshua Bell plays Brahms with great force and much sweetness Oct 15, 2016
    • Oct 11, 2016 From Opera Pit to Stage, Pittance shines in chamber music and arias Oct 11, 2016
    • Oct 10, 2016 LA Phil's colorful Stravinsky and Ravel, by way of Spain Oct 10, 2016
    • Oct 10, 2016 LA Phil's new season opener features something new, something old Oct 10, 2016
  • September 2016
    • Sep 27, 2016 Pacific Symphony’s new season starts in high gear with Olga Kern’s Rachmaninoff Sep 27, 2016
    • Sep 19, 2016 LA Opera opens 2016/17 season with a dynamic and powerful 'Macbeth' Sep 19, 2016
  • May 2016
    • May 21, 2016 Despite it all, L.A. Phil's daring Mozart-Pärt experiment pays off handsomely May 21, 2016
    • May 16, 2016 L.A. Opera’s beautiful ‘La Bohème’ needs binoculars, not Kleenex May 16, 2016
    • May 16, 2016 Piatigorsky Cello Festival draws world-class conductor and cellist May 16, 2016
  • April 2016
    • Apr 29, 2016 Master pianist Murray Perahia makes the unplayable really beautiful Apr 29, 2016
    • Apr 18, 2016 Master Chorale caters a successful Alexander's Feast Apr 18, 2016
  • March 2016
    • Mar 18, 2016 Pianist Steven Lin paints colorful Schumann and Ravel with a broad keyboard Mar 18, 2016
    • Mar 3, 2016 ‘Magic Flute’ meets magic animation in L.A. Opera’s hit show Mar 3, 2016
  • February 2016
    • Feb 25, 2016 Yundi's Chopin is a cultural and musical phenomenon Feb 25, 2016
    • Feb 23, 2016 Pacific Symphony rings in Lunar New Year with a powerful multimedia 'Turandot' Feb 23, 2016
    • Feb 17, 2016 In ritzy Beverly Hills, violinist Cho-Liang Lin plays with sublety, poetry Feb 17, 2016
    • Feb 5, 2016 A Cool Head Prevails in Salonen's Beethoven and Mahler Feb 5, 2016
  • January 2016
    • Jan 26, 2016 Full-blooded Brahms and Dvořák, with an infusion of Spanish colors Jan 26, 2016
    • Jan 21, 2016 Inspirational violinist Itzhak Perlman plays and conducts at Disney Hall Jan 21, 2016
  • December 2015
    • Dec 7, 2015 A great sounding and looking "Norma" at Los Angeles Opera Dec 7, 2015
    • Dec 4, 2015 Mendelssohn's early romantic gem and Countess Polignac Dec 4, 2015
  • November 2015
    • Nov 26, 2015 Yuja Wang wins over her fans in her first Mozart outing Nov 26, 2015
    • Nov 1, 2015 LA Phil scales the heights of Alpine Symphony Nov 1, 2015
  • September 2015
    • Sep 17, 2015 Domingo does double duty in LA Opera's double bill Sep 17, 2015
    • Sep 16, 2015 Pacific Symphony's spectacular Rachmaninov ends its summer season Sep 16, 2015
  • August 2014
    • Aug 21, 2014 Stokowski at the Hollywood Bowl, sans Mickey Mouse Aug 21, 2014
    • Aug 16, 2014 Young violinist creates fireworks in Tchaikovsky Spectacular Aug 16, 2014
  • May 2013
    • May 2, 2013 A stirring performance of Handel's Jephtha in a half-empty house May 2, 2013
  • December 2012
    • Dec 15, 2012 Zubin Mehta celebrates 50 years with LA Phil in a fresh take of old program Dec 15, 2012
  • June 2003
    • Jun 1, 2003 Boulez conducts Mahler Ninth at Ojai Music Festival Jun 1, 2003
  • December 2001
    • Dec 1, 2001 Pianist Paul Sweetnam's Colorful Recital at Zipper Hall Dec 1, 2001
  • March 2025
    • Mar 25, 2025 Sarasota Opera, Follow the Verdi Trail Mar 25, 2025
  • October 2024
    • Oct 24, 2024 An Afternoon of Operatic and Sonic Spectacular at Dallas Symphony’s ‘Götterdämmerung’ Oct 24, 2024
    • Oct 23, 2024 At Dallas Opera, a Spendid ‘Traviata’ Rings in New Season Oct 23, 2024
  • July 2024
    • Jul 21, 2024 In Central City, Colorado, Puccini’s Gold Rush Opera Finds an Ideal Venue Jul 21, 2024
  • June 2024
    • Jun 12, 2024 Jaap’s Final NY Phil Concert Is a Mahler Resurrection to Remember Jun 12, 2024
    • Jun 11, 2024 National Symphony’s First Concert Opera ‘Otello’ Is an Artistic Triumph Jun 11, 2024
  • May 2024
    • May 15, 2024 A Delightful 'Barber' and a Powerhouse Gala in Seattle May 15, 2024
  • April 2024
    • Apr 29, 2024 There Is Power and Beauty in San Diego’s ‘Butterfly’ Apr 29, 2024
  • August 2023
    • Aug 21, 2023 Santa Fe Opera, Summer of 2023 In Review Aug 21, 2023
  • May 2017
    • May 11, 2017 Houston’s Götterdämmerung Is a Successful Experiment in Total Work of Art May 11, 2017
  • December 2016
    • Dec 14, 2016 Powerful cast in Chicago's 'Les Troyens' Dec 14, 2016
    • Dec 14, 2016 A Grandly Emotional 'Don Quichotte' at the Lyric Opera Dec 14, 2016
  • November 2014
    • Nov 10, 2014 America's superstar soprano Renée Fleming leads a glittering cast in Capriccio Nov 10, 2014
    • Nov 10, 2014 Lyric Opera's Don Giovanni is one hell of a great show Nov 10, 2014
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