The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: January 2009
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October 23 – November 7 2009: L'Elisir d'Amore October 30- November 15 2009: Lohengrin January 22- February 7 2010: Tosca January 29- February 13 2010 : Turn of the Screw April 16- May 1 2010: The Queen of Spades April 30- May 14 2010: Xerxes Patricia Racette sings the title role in Tosca opposite of Marcus Haddock. Susan Graham and David Daniels…
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* Notes * Last Saturday San Diego Opera opened with a revival of Tosca. The production is distinctly Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's, and he originally designed it for San Francisco Opera in 1972. Everything looked utterly traditional and as one would expect, as Suzanne Mess' costumes were in keeping with the sets. The singing was strong. Sylvie Valayre was…
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November 7-15 2009: Les contes d'Hoffmann February 6-14 2010: Il barbiere di Siviglia April 24- May 2 2010: Tosca Denver Post | Official Site
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September 26 2009- January 29 2010: ToscaOctober 5- November 7 2009: FaustOctober 27- November 23 2009: ErnaniNovember 22- Deceumber 12 2009: Katya KabanovaDecember 5 2009- January 16 2010: The Merry WidowJanuary 23- February 22 2010: L'Elisir d'AmoreFebruary 20- March 17 2010: La Damnation de FaustFebruary 28- March 27 2010: Le Nozze di Figaro René Pape and Kyle Ketelsen share the…
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Los Angeles Opera laid off 17 people and also cut pay for all employees. LA Times Blog | Official Site
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2010-2011 SeasonSummer 2011: Der Ring des Nibelungen 2011-2012 SeasonSeptember 2011: An opera about September 11th by Christopher TheofanidisSummer 2012: John Adams' Nixon in China 2012-2013 SeasonFall 2012: Jake Heggie's Moby-DickJune 2013: Mark Adamo's The Gospel of Mary Magdalene 2013-2014 SeasonFall 2013: An opera by Jennifer Higdon Nothing surprising here, though it is good to know that the Ring has not…
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September 11- October 6 2009: Il TrovatoreSeptember 15- October 3 2009: Il TritticoSeptember 23- October 23 2009: Die Entführung aus dem SerailOctober 13-31 2009: La Fille du RégimentOctober 18- November 1 2009: SalomeNovember 8- December 2 2009: OtelloJune 5- July 1 2010: FaustJune 9- July 2 2010: La Fanciulla del WestJune 10-30 2010: Die Walküre Sondra Radvanovsky, Stephanie Blythe, and Dmitri…
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September 12-30 2009: L'Elisir d'AmoreSeptember 26- October 17 2009: SiegfriedNovember 21- December 1 2009: TamerlanoNovember 29- December 19 2009: Il barbiere di SivigliaApril 3-25 2010: Die GötterdämmerungApril 12-24 2010: Die GezeichnetenMay 29- June 26 2010: Der Ring des Nibelungen Nathan Gunn stars in L'Elisir with Rolando Villazón and in Il barbiere with Juan Diego Flórez and Joyce DiDonato.…
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Joana Carneiro will be the next music director of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, starting in October 2009. Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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George R. Steel will be the next general manager and artistic director of the New York City Opera, starting next month. Press Release | Official Site
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