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lOOK OUT FOR THE IDIOTIC AND RANDOM VANDALISM PERPETRATED BY THIS HALF-WIT or others using this IP address, 168.122.188.71. There have been several random changes to dates in the last 48 hours. Viva-Verdi 04:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Someone refers the opening night of the San Francisco Opera as the opening of the "San Francisco Social Season". There are many, myself included, who feel left out by this statement. People of all types socialize all year long; not just San Francisco opera buffs.

How do you define a 'social season"? Don't we socialize all year long?

Thank you,

Truly,

-- Allyn 04:08, 29 May 2007 (UTC) reply

I'm not going to attempt to define it, but it does seem to be a rather old-fashioned reference to what was once (and maybe still is) regarded as the beginning of a period of "society" activity for all the "right" people.... In my opinion, having that sentence in the text adds nothing of value to the article and it could just as well be removed as far as I'm concerned.... So go at it... Viva-Verdi 14:39, 29 May 2007 (UTC) reply

Folks: I had removed the reference to the San Francisco Social Season, but someone has returned it to the article. I don't know how to figger out who has done it. Is there any change that would entice someone to add that phrase into the article. Personally, I know of no one in my social circles who feels that it opens the 'social season'. Granted, I am in Bellingham, Washington and may see out of place, but I have friends in SF and this makes no sense to me. And here in Bellingham, when the theater season opens at the Bellingham Theater Guild (The main stage theater here), there is never been any reference that it opens the Social Season here in Bellingham.

I will not remove the phraise at this time (Sep 2, 2016), but I will await comments for a while and then make a decision.

Truly yours from Bellingham - - -

Mark

Allyn ( talk) 05:33, 3 September 2016 (UTC) reply

There have been many distasteful slanders posted on this Wikipedia Entry, and I believe it is quite unacceptable. I believe this is a sacred organization that should be protected from the horrors of the world wide web. Good day to you, sir. 199.80.226.18 ( talk) 20:44, 9 March 2012 (UTC) reply

In the meantime it all reads fine, and is apparently written with enthusiasm and knowledge. Only disturbance are the penetrating plugins “This section does not cite any sources”. Wikipedia is no lawsuit. – Fritz Jörn ( talk) 16:17, 20 January 2022 (UTC) reply

I added info on the fact that David Gockley is leaving his post as general director of the opera and that Matthew Shilvock has been named as his replacement. SpiritedMichelle ( talk) 03:09, 5 February 2016 (UTC) reply