The Opera Tattler

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Month: November 2006

  • Tra la la. Largo al factotum.

    * Notes * Alarmingly, the fifth performance of Il Barbiere di Siviglia this season was worse than opening night, at least as far as Act I. John Osborn (Count Almaviva) was flat, Allyson McHardy (Rosina) gasped in her prominent aria "Una voce poco fa," Nathan Gunn (Figaro) seemed more concerned with his Vespa than with…

  • SF Opera Workers Ratify 5-year Contract

    Chronicle Article

  • To Hell and Back

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra premiered the new Jake Heggie opera To Hell and Back last weekend. Janice Berman's Article | Joshua Kosman's Review

  • SF Chronicle Review of Barbiere

    Joshua Kosman uses a soufflé metaphor. SF Chronicle Article| SF Opera Information

  • Opening of Il Barbiere

    * Notes * A revival of Johannes Schaaf’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia production from 2003 opened last night on Halloween. Hans Dieter Schaal’s set looked as white and stark as ever, the centerpiece being a German fantasy of the Barbie Malibu Dream House, which Thomas May describes as "Bauhaus inflected." The scene changes do go…

  • Wiederaufnahme Idomeneo

    The Hans Neuenfels production of Idomeneo at Deutsche Oper Berlin has been rescheduled for December 18th and 29th of this year. At the moment, cast has not been announced. Deutsche Oper Berlin Statement| IHT Article