The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: August 2008
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I knew my months of monitoring Entertainment Weekly would eventually provide us with something utterly hilarious. Yes, it really is the Swedish Chef, Beaker, and Animal singing the "Habenera," at least, after a fashion.
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Ruth Ann Swenson is to debut the role of Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus at Opera New Jersey next February. Press Release| Opera New Jersey's Official Site
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Wordless Music is a New York-based concert series, which brings indie rock, electronica, and classical music together. The series has its San Francisco debut on August 21, 2008 with a program of Jonny Greenwood, Avro Pärt, John Adams, Fred Frith, and Mason Bates. The Opera Tattler spoke to Ronen Givony, the founder and director of…
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This season is Richard Gaddes' last as general director of Santa Fe Opera. Charles MacKay takes up the position this October, he has previously succeeded Gaddes at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. The Santa Fe Opera season closes August 23rd. Biographies of Gaddes and MacKay | STL Today Article
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Cape Town Opera's Porgy and Bess is opening at Den Norske Opera in Oslo today, after a successful premiere at Deutsche Oper Berlin last month. The work was first performed as an opera in 1976 at Houston Grand Opera, and, at the moment, seems to be having a resurgance in popularity. There is a massive…
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The oldest opera score in English, a translation of Cavalli's Erismena, has been barred from export by the UK Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism Margaret Hodge. The manuscript must stay in the country until January of next year. Press Release from the DCMS | Telegraph Article
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There is nothing I like better than a survey on opera, and San Francisco Opera does seem to send them my way every year. Here are the latest questions, complete with Opera Tattler answers. * * * Hello. San Francisco Opera would like to thank you for agreeing to participate in this study! Please be…
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Woody Allen started working on Los Angeles Opera's production of Gianni Schicchi yesterday, according to this contactmusic.com article. Choice quotes from Allen include "The opera is unlike the movies; they boo. I've been disliked but from a distance, but this is different." Il Trittico at LA Opera| contactmusic.com Article| Guardian UK Article
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The winners include John Adams, Natalie Dessay, Renée Fleming, Marilyn Horne, and Sherrill Milnes. Press Release
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* Notes * The Merola Opera Program's Don Giovanni opened with the first of two performances last night. Director Catherine Malfitano's production is a bit busy, bursting at the seams with movement. For example, from the very beginning, the overture had an elaborate pantomime, showing us many of the principal characters and detracting from the…
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