The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: December 2008
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San Francisco Opera's 85th season ran from September 7, 2007 to July 6, 2008. Twelve operas were performed in 82 performances. The annual operating budget was $72,531,6193, with a surplus of $141,377. Press Release [PDF] | Official Site | Last Year
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Jürgen Flimm is to be the next Intendant of Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden. He takes up the post in 2010. AP Article | Official Site
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February 8: Alek Shrader, tenor with John Parr, pianoFebruary 15: Quinn Kelsey, baritone with Peter Grunberg, pianoMarch 8: James Benjamin Rodgers, tenor with Mark Morash, pianoApril 5: Steven Blier, piano with Leah Crocetto, soprano; Renée Tatum, mezzo-soprano; and Andrew Bidlack, tenor Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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This is the finale of Act II from Idomeneo. In the background we have a looming, four-headed horse monster sent by Neptune. Details of Painting | Performance Review of Idomeneo
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Production Web Site | Press Photographs At Houston Grand Opera: New York Times | The Dallas Morning News | The Culture Vulture Reviews of Bay Area Performances: The Opera Tattler | Contra Costa Times | San Francisco Chronicle
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* Notes * The West Coast premiere of Jake Heggie's Three Decembers was presented by Cal Performances and San Francisco Opera last night. This chamber opera involves just three singers and less than a dozen musicians, including two pianos played by the composer himself and the conductor, Patrick Summers. The work is unchallenging, the arias…
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Anna Netrebko is to be replaced by Ailyn Pérez for the July 1st performance of La Traviata at San Francisco Opera. Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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Baltimore Opera is to file for Chapter 11, and the rest of the season has been canceled. Sun Article | Official Site
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Steven Winn's final column as the Arts and Culture Critic of the San Francisco Chronicle came out today.
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* Notes * The Adler Fellows Gala Concert last night was rather Germanic, there were no arias from Verdi or Puccini at all, though the evening started with the overture from Les vêpres siciliennes. Andrew Bidlack was drowned out by the orchestra during Capriccio's "Verraten hab ich meine Gefühle," though Tamara Wapinsky sang well…
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