PhotosRules tightened on lingcod, loosened on scorpionfish, canary rockfish
Hard to believe we’re in the middle of December
Daniel Powell 2:30 p.m., Dec. 17
Garrett Harris
Articles by Garrett Harris
Garrett Harris outs self as Christian
What is San Diego Opera telling us?
All is Calm is beginning to become a holiday tradition in San Diego. This is the third year in a row the show about the 1914 Christmas Eve Truce has been produced in San Diego. ...
Christmas haters
The sun appears stuck from Dec. 22-24
"I hate Christmas music” is a phrase I’ve heard often over the years. What’s to hate? Three-four time? Angels? Babies? The rebirth of the sun? I’m going to poke the dragon of PC-culture and suggest ...
I teared up at Kelli O'Hara
Matthew Morrison's glamorous masculinity
I had heard the name Kelli O’Hara but I had never heard the Tony Award-Winner sing until Tuesday, November 27, at Symphony Hall. About 30 seconds in, my eyes were tearing up. Her first song ...
New meaning to “flying reindeer”
Miracle makes a strong case for the importance of the myth of Santa
What interests me most about Miracle on 34th Street is the way it juxtaposes belief in Santa Claus against common sense and practical thinking while expounding upon the Santa Claus archetype. Over the past six ...
Steven Sloan apes Leonard Bernstein
He had already trampled Copland’s Appalachian Spring
“Really? Jesus arms?” I loud-whispered to my concertmate. I was frustrated with conductor Steven Sloan. When he raised his arms as if giving a Papal benediction at the conclusion of The Unanswered Question, by Charles ...
Not since Fatal Attraction
Queen's Freddie Mercury an opera nut?
I recently went to see Bohemian Rhapsody the movie about the band Queen. I knew that lead singer Freddie Mercury was an opera fan but I was impressed with the way opera was incorporated into ...
San Diego Symphony on immigration
Oh hell no.
At this moment, Conrad Tao might be the most athletic pianist on the planet. His performance with the San Diego Symphony on Friday, November 1, felt as if it almost took the orchestra by surprise. ...
Concert fatigue?
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra last week and Tchaikovsky coming up on November 2 and 4.
The Taiwan Philharmonic played a fine, fine, concert on Wednesday, October 31, at Symphony Hall. The only problem is that it was Wednesday, October 31 and the audience attendance did not reflect the excellence of ...
Deep in the shadow with Gergiev
Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 made me feel guilty to be well-fed, warm, and safe
Thursday morning, October 25, was grey. It was the most appropriate morning the San Diego climate could muster after what happened the night of Wednesday, October 24, at Symphony Hall. That evening defies the written ...
