The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: January 2008
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October 7-12 2008: Madama ButterflyNovember 15-23 2008: La CenerentolaJanuary 23-25 2009: AkhnatenFebruary 28- March 8 2009: Il TrovatoreApril 25- May 3 2008: Die fliegende Holländer Ewa Podleś is singing Azucena in Il Trovatore. Official Site
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Bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch (Seth Brundle) and tenor David Curry (Stathis Borans) have been cast in The Fly, which will have its world premiere at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris this July. The Globe and Mail Article | Théâtre du Châtelet Site | LA Opera Site
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A version of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's La Loge (1874) is going on auction at Sotheby's next Tuesday. A larger likeness of Nini and Edmond in a Paris Opera box exists at the at the Courtauld Gallery in London. Interestingly, a special exhibit there entitled "Renoir at the Theatre: Looking at La Loge" begins February 21 and…
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* Notes * As an adolescent my two boyhood heroes were most certainly Václav Havel and Oliver Sacks. It was around that time that I tried, in vain, to find a copy of Zahradní slavnost at my public library. It is just as well, I did not understand the play when I read it as…
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September 27- October 31 2008: ManonOctober 6- November 4 2008: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesNovember 7-30 2008: LuluNovember 18- December 19 2008: Porgy and BessDecember 13 2008- January 29 2009: Madama Butterfly January 19- February 28 2009: Tristan und IsoldeFebruary 14- March 27 2009: Cavalleria Rusticana/PagliacciMarch 2-28 2009: Die Entführung aus dem Serail Lyric Opera of…
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Bay Area: San Francisco Opera
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A few weekends ago the BBC Asian Network's Love Bollywood reported that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Beyoncé Knowles will be in the forthcoming film Kambakth Ishq. Set in Los Angeles, the film is set to be released in India in May 2009, and stars Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor. The Times of India Article | IndiaFM…
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Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov, the self-styled Turkmenbashi ("Head of all Turkmens"), ruled Turkmenistan from October 27, 1990 until his death on December 21, 2006. During his reign Niyazov changed the names for months and days, closed libraries, and designed a national theme park. He also banned the ballet, circus, and opera in 2001. Thankfully, a few…
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