

In previous calendar years, I have given grades as low as a “C”, but in the most recent years, “B” and “C” grades have been rare. In those cases in which I believe the performance was of more than routine interest (and excellence) I give an A+. programs, I do not grade “on a curve”, but, instead expect that a San Francisco Opera performance of any opera, like a seminar grade for a doctoral student, should be an “A”. Performances resumed in late August, 2021, under comprehensive public health protocols, that included proof of vaccination against Covid-19 and mask-wearing during the performances.

Since the year 2006, I have reviewed each of the opera productions mounted by the San Francisco Opera in the War Memorial Opera House, providing each with a letter grade.Īs a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemics, all of the War Memorial Opera House performances scheduled in 2020 and in the first seven months of 2021 had to be canceled.
