The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: January 2008
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September 26- October 4 2008: La TraviataNovember 7-15 2008: FidelioFebruary 6-14 2009: The Turn of the ScrewMarch 13-21 2009: La CalistoMay 8-16 2009: Rigoletto Francesco Cavalli's La Calisto looks like one of the only Baroque options for opera on the West Coast next season. 2008-2009 Portland Opera Site
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* Notes * Every performance of La Traviata has been sold-out at Lyric Opera of Chicago this January. I was unconvinced I could finagle a ticket for yesterday's matinée, as craigslist only had people who wanted tickets and Lyric Opera does not have standing room. Yesterday the Lyric Opera site still had the warning "Individual…
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* Notes * Doctor Atomic had its last performance this season at Lyric Opera of Chicago yesterday. The first half of the opera seemed much like what audiences saw in San Francisco two years ago, besides a few minor changes in the libretto and a soprano as Kitty Oppenheimer, instead of a mezzo. I had…
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This is my first time in Chicago, in fact, my first time to the Midwest. Other than when we visited my aunt and uncle in New Mexico, in my childhood, we rarely left California. There was the time we went to Cape Canaveral to see a space shuttle launch, a school trip to Washington D.C.,…
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Trinity Lyric Opera announced a staged version of John Adams' Nixon in China, performed on July 18-27 2008 at the Castro Valley Center for the Arts.
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It is early to speculate, but gossip has been flying around about San Francisco Opera productions beyond the 2008-2009 season that was just announced. Starting with the press release [PDF], Peter Grimes will be performed in 2009-2010, conducted by Donald Runnicles. He'll also return for the presentation of whole Ring, which I heard will not…
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September 5-27 2008: Simon BoccanegraSeptember 6 2008: Angela Gheorghiu in ConcertSeptember 13- October 3 2008: The Bonesetter's DaughterSeptember 23- October 12 2008: Die Tote StadtOctober 15-31 2008: IdomeneoOctober 15-November 15 2008: Boris GodunovOctober 29- November 26 2008: L'Elisir d'AmoreNovember 16- December 7 2008: La BohèmeDecember 11-14 2008: Three DecembersJanuary 10, 2009: Salvatore Licitra in ConcertMay…
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Sergej Larin died of heart failure on January 13, 2008 in Bratislava. Opera News | sergejlarin.com
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November 8-16 2008: Madama ButterflyFebruary 14-20 2008: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesApril 25- May 3 2009: Così fan Tutte Opera Colorado opens next season with San Francisco Opera's production of Madama Butterfly. Former Adler and Sri Lankan American Sean Panikkar sings Nadir in Les Pêcheurs de Perles. This production is the San Diego one that has…
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Heather Renée Sweet, known as Dita von Teese, the burlesque star, is attending Vienna's Opera Ball (Wiener Opernball) on January 31, 2008. She was invited by Richard Lugnar, whose guest last year was Paris Hilton. I'm sure the Austrian media will have a field day. IHT Article |Wiener Zeitung Article | Dita von Teese |…
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