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Month: March 2008

  • Isabel Bayrakdarian at PBO

    * Notes * Philharmonia Baroque's first performance of The Queen of Egypt concert occurred last night in San Francisco. The evening started with the overture from Graun's Cleopatra e Cesare, and Isabel Bayrakdarian sang the aria "Tra le procelle assorto" from that work. The horns had a few sour notes, and Bayrakdarian warbled a bit,…

  • Eugene Brancoveanu’s Salon at the Rex

    * Notes * Yesterday evening Eugene Brancoveanu gave a recital of Gerald Finzi's Let us Garlands Bring, Schumann's Dichterliebe, and Ravel's Don Quichotte à Dulcinée. The room for the Salons at the Rex series is rather intimate, and Brancoveanu started off a tad too loud in the first few songs. His diction in English is…

  • Haneke at City Opera

    Michael Haneke will direct Così fan Tutte at New York City Opera in 2012. His operatic debut was as director of Don Giovanni in 2006 at Opéra national de Paris. The Canadian Press Article | Guardian UK Article

  • Netrebko in Playboy

    "And in Germany sometimes they make productions look ugly." Interview [PDF] | Official Site

  • ENO’s Lost Highway at the Young Vic

    Diane Paulus is directing Olga Neuwirth's Lost Highway for ENO. The opera runs from April 4-11, 2008 at the Young Vic. The opera premiered in 2003 at the Helmut-List-Halle. Evening Standard Article | Production | ENO | Young Vic

  • Chicago Opera Theater’s 2009 Season

    April 18- May 1 2009: La Clemenza di TitoMay 2-15 2009: La Tragedie de CarmenMay 16-26 2009: Owen Wingrave Tribune Article | Official Site

  • PBO’s 2008-2009 Season

    June 8 2008: Corelli by CandlelightSeptember 13-20 2008: Myth and the Muse (Arne and Rameau)October 17-24 2008: Bach ReconstructedOctober 25 2008: An Evening at the PalaceNovember 13-16 2008: A Classic Triple (Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart)December 5-12 2008: Natale BaroccoFebruary 5-8 2009: Midwinter Magic (Mendelssohn)March 20-28 2009: Wind and WavesApril 18-25 2009: Handel's Wicked Queen (Athalia)May…

  • Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2008-2009 Season

    October 4-20 2008: TieflandNovember 11-30 2008: Le nozze di FigaroDecember 23 2008- January 14 2009: Simon BoccanegraJanuary 3-10 2009: El retablo de Maese PedroFebruary 3-15 2009: L'incoronazione di PoppeaMarch 17- April 18 2009: Die Meistersinger von NürnbergApril 20- May 2 2009: La cabeza del BautistaMay 18- June 2 2009: FidelioJune 19- July 7 2009: SalomeJuly…

  • Sächsische Staatsoper’s 2008-2009 Season

    August 29 2008- March 26 2009: CleofideAugust 31 2008- May 16 2009: Die ZauberflöteSeptember 3 2008- July 8 2009: Der RosenkavalierSeptember 14-20 2009: Don CarloSeptember 26- October 4 2008: MacbethOctober 8-24 2008: TannhäuserOctober 10 2008- April 14 2009: TurandotOctober 11-25 2008: Il TrovatoreOctober 15-27 2008: Don GiovanniOctober 26- December 27 2008: Hänsel und GretelOctober 29…

  • SF Opera’s Cinemacasts Spring 2008 at the Castro

    March 17: La Rondine March 31: Samson and Delilah April 14: Don Giovanni April 21: Madama Butterfly The Castro Theatre429 Castro StreetSan Francisco, CA 94114 On these four Mondays the Castro Theatre will screen San Francisco Opera productions at 11:30 am, 3:30 pm, and 7:30 pm. Scheduling must have been difficult given that the Castro…