NorthWorks, Inc.

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D. Warner North is president and principal scientist of NorthWorks, Inc., and consulting professor in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. Over the past forty years Dr. North has carried out applications of decision analysis and risk analysis for electric utilities in the US and Mexico, for the petroleum and chemical industries, and for government agencies with responsibility for energy and environmental protection.

Cheryl North (Warner's wife and the director of the music journalism activities of NorthWorks) is a noted music columnist for the Oakland Tribune and other papers of the Bay Area News Group. She writes performance reviews and feature articles for other publications, including Opera Now, based in Great Britain. Profile/interviews with major figures on the international, national, and local San Francisco Bay Area classical music scene have become an important specialty for which she is in demand.

New from Cheryl North:

Visit to San Francisco by the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Interview with Ludovic Morlot, who leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in two concerts at Davies Symphony Hall December 6 and 7.

San Francisco Opera

Interview with Paulo Szot, Tony Award winner for the revival of South Pacific appearing in San Francisco as Escamillo in Carmen. (This link to the interview in the San Jose Mercury has an excellent series of photos of the current production, with a classic recording of the Toreador Song by baritone Robert Merrill.)

Paulo Szot in his dressing room with Cheryl and Warner after the opening performance of Carmen, 2011 San Francisco Opera season

West Edge/Berkeley Opera

Review of Ariadne auf Naxos performance of October 30, 2011

San Francisco Opera and Cal Performances

Interview with Nicola Luisoti, in connection with San Francisco Opera's Don Giovanni and SF Opera Orchestra All-Beethoven Concert at Zellerbach Hall October 28.

Interview with Valery Gergiev, who conducted all of Tchaikovsky's six symphonies at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley October 14, 15, and 16, 2011.

Valery Gergiev and Cheryl North backstage in the Fred Orin Harris Greenroom, Zellerbach Hall, after the October 14, 2011 performance. Maestro Gergiev is holding a copy of the interview. Photo by DWN.

San Francisco Opera

Interview with dramatic soprano Irene Theorin, making her company debut in the title "ice princess" role in the opening night cast of Puccini's Turandot September 9, 2011