The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: November 2008
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The Opera Tattler was quite shocked to see how poorly behaved certain audience members were at the Bregenzer Festspiele in the latest James Bond movie. Guardian UK Article | Official Site | Quantum of Solace
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* Notes * Michael Tilson Thomas conducted San Francisco Symphony in a program of Haydn, Barber, and Beethoven last week. The Haydn was Symphony No. 60 in C major, Il distratto, which was sprightly and perfectly cute. This made for a nice contrast with Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, which is a bit moodier.…
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Stéphane Lissner has extended his contract at La Scala through 2013. AP Article | Official Site
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* Notes * La Bohème opened yesterday afternoon at San Francisco Opera with incoming music director Nicola Luisotti conducting. His tempi were quite elastic, though even when he drew out parts, they did not sound sluggish in the least. The singing was all fine, even wobbly Norah Ansellem (Musetta) managed to be convincing, though…
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Composer Conrad Susa gave an amusing talk entitled "In Wagner’s Musical Forge: Das Rheingold" on Saturday afternoon. The focus was very much on the music itself, as evidenced by the beginning of the score taped to the wall. Susa played recordings of Bach's F Major Toccata and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major,…
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David Gockley confirmed that Peter Grimes, which was to be part of the 2009-2010 season at San Francisco Opera, is likely to be one of the casualties of the economic downturn, just as La Cieca reported yesterday. Gockley also promised to add "no sniffling" to the list of admonitions printed in the program. In related…
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* Notes * The latest revival of La Bohème at San Francisco Opera may be very good indeed, if the final dress rehearsal was any indication. Though I am not crazy about La Gheorghiu, all the signs are good, she may well look and sound completely convincing as Mimi by the opening on Sunday. The rest…
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The Met has canceled The Ghosts of Versailles next season and will have La Traviata instead. AP Article | Official Site
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The San Francisco Opera Ring Cycle in 2011 may be canceled. Chronicle Article | oboeinsight Post
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The rules:1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog. I was tagged by Extatic of Pêcheurs de perles.2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog – some random, some weird.3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.4.…
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