The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: June 2008
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The 1944 opera Shasenem and Garib opened in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan last Friday. This is the first opera to be staged in the country since Saparmurat Niyazov imposed a ban in 2001. Current President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov lifted the ban on opera and circuses earlier this year. Turkmenistan.ru Article | AP Article
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* Notes * The last performance of Das Rheingold at San Francisco Opera this summer was yesterday. The orchestra sounded better, the brass section was clearly more in tune. The Rheinmaidens sounded even prettier last night than they had earlier in the run. Tamara Wapinsky (Freia) still had a few high notes that wavered so…
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Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami is staging Così Fan Tutte at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. The opera opens July 4th and closes July 19th. Press TV Article | Production Web Site
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The Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi 2008 opened last night with Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s production of Padmâvatî, recently at Théâtre du Chatelet. There will be one more performance tomorrow, and the festival runs through July 13th. New York Times Review | Official Site
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Bass-baritone Eric Owens is currently singing the role of the King of Scotland in Ariodante at San Francisco Opera until July 6. The Opera Tattler spoke to Owens last Sunday in San Francisco. You started piano at 6, oboe at 10, and now you are an opera singer. Did you come from a musical family?No, there…
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Christopher Hahn, who once worked at San Francisco Opera and for the Merola Program, is now the General Director of Pittsburgh Opera. Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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The Canadian Opera Company named Alexander Neef as the new General Director. Official Site | Neef’s Biography
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Barrie Kosky has been appointed General Director and Intendant of the Komische Oper Berlin. Kosky takes over for the 2012-2013 season with the departure of Andreas Homoki. Article | Komische Oper Berlin
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The General Director and Intendant of Komische Oper Berlin, Andreas Homoki, is leaving in 2012 to take up the position of General Manager at Opernhaus Zürich. Press Release | Opernhaus Zürich | Komische Oper Berlin
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* Notes * The Merola Opera Program's Auditions for the General Director were yesterday evening, and this was a first opportunity to hear all the 2008 Merolini in a single go. Before the auditions began I found my opera mentors, the Ryans, and B. Ryan told us we should put ourselves in David Gockley's shoes and…
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