The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: January 2008
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* Notes * Yesterday Michael Tilson Thomas conducted San Francisco Symphony in a program of Knussen's Symphony No. 3, Strauss' Vier letzte Lieder, Barber's Andromache's Farewell, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4. Soprano Deborah Voigt returned to San Francisco Symphony as the soloist for the Strauss and Barber, a performance she will reprise with MTT at Carnegie…
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Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles had its Sri Lankan premiere yesterday at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo. Benjamin Levy conducted Patricia Panton's production. The opera will be performed again tomorrow. Cast and Production Team | Press Release | BBC Article
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It is a bit odd that there are no locations in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, or Imperial counties. I suppose for Santa Barbara, Ventura is only about half an hour away. But El Centro (the county seat of Imperial County) is 114 miles from San Diego. If one lives in San Luis Obispo one…
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There are a mere nine locations for those who live in the Central Valley of California to watch and hear the Met Opera – Live in HD performances. The Sacramento Metropolitan area is well covered, which makes sense given that it is the most highly populated in the Central Valley. Fresno and Bakersfield have one…
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San Francisco: Cinemark Century San Francisco Centre 9835 Market StreetSan Francisco, CA 94103 North Bay: The Lark Theater549 Magnolia AvenueLarkspur, CA 94939 Cinemark Century Northgate 157000 Northgate DriveSan Rafael, CA 94903 Rialto Cinemas Lakeside551 Summerfield RoadSanta Rosa, CA 95405 The Peninsula: Cinemark Century 20 Daly City1901 Junipero Serra Blvd.Daly City, CA 94015 Cinemark Century 20…
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Tenor Tito Beltrán goes on trial this Friday. Interestingly this article says that the singer performs regularly at San Francisco Opera, and I don't remember him at all. As it happens, I have heard him, at one of the six performances of L'Elisir d'Amore at SF Opera in 2000, as Nemorino. He also sang seven…
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Ruth Nott was appointed Director of Education at San Francisco Opera. Ms. Nott is leaving her position as director of programs at the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Press Release [PDF] | San Francisco Opera
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August 2-23 2008: AidaAugust 16 2008: International Wagner CompetitionOctober 18- November 1 2008: ElektraJanuary 10-24 2009: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesFebruary 21- March 7 2009: Bluebeard's Castle and ErwartungMay 2-16 2009: Le Nozze di Figaro I may avoid Aida, as Andrea Gruber is in the title role, and her vibrato is overwhelming. I am not terribly…
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* Notes * The Met's simulcast of Hansel and Gretel aired today. The production, by Richard Jones, is new to the Met and opened on Christmas Eve. Created for Welsh National Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago, the staging is rather dark. Act I is nearly all grey, Act II takes place in an oppressive…
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