Pocket Opera North Beach, through nearly two decades of presenting a weekly chamber music series (1960-1978) at the Old Spaghetti Factory, to his present-day fame as the creator of one of San Francisco's most popular operatic institutions. Pippin's first translation came in 1968, in the course of preparing Mozart's one-act opera "Bastien und Bastienne" for performance as part of his chamber music series. The opera, and his singing translation of it, were immediate successes with San Francisco audiences. From that point on, Pippin has dedicated himself to the task of producing literate English versions of both well-loved classics and lesser-known gems of
Samuel Bastien Samuel Bastien Samuel Bastien (born 26 September 1996) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Standard Liege. Bastien emerged from R.S.C. Anderlecht's youth system. He made his first team debut on 3 December 2014 in the Belgian Cup against K.R.C. Mechelen replacing Youri Tielemans after 79 minutes in a 4–1 home win. On 31 August 2015 the Italian football team Avellino loaned Bastien. He made his debut for the Irpinian team on 12 September 2015 against Modena replacing Mariano Arini after 53 minutes. On 26 August 2016, Bastien signed with Serie A side A.C. ChievoVerona who paid