The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: May 2008
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Albena Danailova was appointed concertmaster of the Wiener Staatsoper. Ms. Danailova also plays first violin for the Bayerische Staatsoper. AFP Article | Wiener Staatsoper
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September 13 2008- July 2 2009: TurandotSeptember 14 2008- March 22 2009: Der fliegende HolländerSeptember 15-27 2008: RigolettoSeptember 20 2008: L'Amico FritzSeptember 21 2008- May 2 2009: Die ZauberflöteSeptember 30- October 8 2008: Pique DameOctober 1-5 2008: The NoseOctober 2-7 2008: ChowanschtschinaOctober 3 2008 – February 15 2009: Der RosenkavalierOctober 22-31 2008: Manon LescautOctober 30-…
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April 25- June 8 2008: Figaro (Inspired by Mozart and Beaumarchais) at Berkeley RepMay 2-11 2008: San Francisco Opera‘s The Little Prince at UC BerkeleyMay 3-11 2008: Bluebeard’s Castle and L’enfant et les sortilèges at Berkeley OperaMay 9-25 2008: Queenie Pie at Oakland Opera Also, Sacramento Opera‘s Tosca closes tonight. This weekend, instead of going…
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Gregory Henkel was recently appointed Director of Artistic Administration at San Francisco Opera. Mr. Henkel is leaving his position as artistic planning manager at Los Angeles Opera, and is replacing Shane Gasbarra, who left SF Opera in March. Press Release [PDF] | San Francisco Opera
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January 24- February 4 2009: ToscaFebruary 14-22 2009: Don QuixoteMarch 28- April 8 2009: RigolettoApril 18-26 2009: Peter GrimesMay 9-20 2009: Madama Butterfly Perhaps I should take my mother to the Madama Butterfly in San Diego next year, instead of the Los Angeles production this Fall, as the stage direction will undoubtedly be more conservative.…
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* Notes * The West Coast premiere of Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince was last night in Berkeley. Portman’s music is benign enough, quite light and pretty. The strongest point was the end of Act I, the lamplighter ensemble. It is not surprising the composer won an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1996…
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Two years ago, Ondrej Macek found the score for Vivaldi’s lost opera Argippo in Regensburg, Germany. The opera premiered in 1730 in Prague, and will be performed there again tomorrow by the Baroque Music Ensemble Hofmusici. AP Article | Official Site
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July 3- August 29 2009: La TraviataJuly 4- August 28 2009: L'Elisir d'AmoreJuly 18- August 27 2009: Don GiovanniJuly 25- August 18 2009: The LetterAugust 1-19 2009: Alceste The 2009 season at Santa Fe Opera opens with La Traviata with Natalie Dessay singing Violetta. Elza van den Heever has her Santa Fe Opera debut as…
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Houston Grand Opera‘s 2003 production of The Little Prince opens tomorrow at Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. The opera, by Rachel Portman, is in English, and the production is the work of Francesca Zambello. There are also two other operas based on Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince, Nikolaus Schapfl’s Der Kleine…
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