The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: February 2008
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October 10-24 2008: FidelioNovember 14-23 2008: L'Italiana in AlgeriFebruary 20- March 6 2009: TurandotApril 24- May 3 2009: L'enfant et les sortilèges/Gianni SchicchiJune 5-14 2009: The Rape of Lucretia Nathan Gunn and William Burden will be singing in The Rape of Lucretia. Press Release | Official Site
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February 17-19 2008: Orpheus & Euridice March 14-16 2008: Enoch Arden and Frankenstein!!May 9 2008: Frederica von Stade RecitalJune 4-8 2008: The Diary of Anne Frank Long Beach Opera opens its 2008 season next weekend with Ricky Ian Gordon's Orpheus & Euridice with Todd Palmer and Elizabeth Futral in the title roles.
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On Super Tuesday I heard a segment on the BBC NewsPod dealing with some controversy over a Spanish musical about Anne Frank. Apparently it took 10 years for the producer, Rafael Alvero, to get the musical off the ground, and the Anne Frank-Fonds still has not granted Alvero rights. Board member Christoph Knoch spoke about…
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Théâtre du Châtelet is putting on Roussel's opera ballet Padmâvatî from March 14-24, 2008. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who directed the films Saawariya, Devdas, and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, the dancing will be choreographed by Tanusree Shankar. The Telegraph Article | Production | SLB's Official Site | Shankar's Biography
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir's La Loge (1874) sold for more than twice the estimated price of 2.5-3.5 million pounds in London yesterday. The Guardian reports that the picture will be shown at the Courtauld Gallery after all. The Guardian Article | Art Daily Article | La Loge Exhibit
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Current Adler Fellow Heidi Melton just sang the role of Amelia in Un Ballo en Maschera at the Opéra National de Bordeaux on Monday. Liberty County Times Article | Heidi's Biography | Production | Adler Fellows
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* Notes * Rohit Shetty's comedic thriller Sunday opened a couple of weekends ago, and failed to become the first blockbuster of 2008. Ajay Devgan was entertaining as the corrupt ice-cream eating policeman ACP Rajveer Randhava, and Ayesha Takia was perfectly adorable as his goofy and forgetful dubbing artist love interest Sehar Thapar. Arshad Warsi…
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* Notes * This year the Schwabacher Debut Recital Series commenced with yesterday's performance of Die schöne Müllerin. Tenor Philippe Castagner sang Schubert's song cycle with a lovely tenderness and expression. He had fine control over his vibrato and good diction. He did move a great deal during the course of the 20 songs, drumming…
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Latvian National Opera has been accused of distributing child pornography in its advertising for Janis Lusens' The Puppet's Opera. Earth Times Article |Latvian National Opera Site
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Doubtless you have heard that the current Dallas Opera production of Salomé was laughed at last Friday. By coincidence, just after reading The Dallas Morning News article on Salomé, I heard Radiolab's latest show entirely devoted to laughter. Particularly interesting were the segments on Dr. Jaak Panksepp's research on tickling rats and Dr. Robert Provine's…
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