The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: February 2009
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September 4-30 2009: La Juive September 28- October 4 2009: After Life September 29- October 6 2009: Dido and Aeneas October 29 2009- July 11 2010: L'elisir d'amore November 10- December 1 2009: Salome December 2-28 2009: La fanciulla del West January 15- February 3 2010: Le nozze di Figaro February 1-28 2010: Der fliegende Holländer March 5-14 2010: Il prigioniero / Bluebeard's Castle March 18-21 2010:…
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* Notes * Yesterday evening the Philip Glass Ensemble played Music in Twelve Parts at Davies Hall. The vocalist, Lisa Bielawa, was unbelievable. The parts without her, 9 and 10, seemed inhuman and overly synthetic. The playing was, with the exception of Mr. Glass', very dexterous. Much stamina must have been required for the performance.…
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* Notes * Massenet's Don Quichotte opened at San Diego Opera on Valentine's Day, after a nearly 40-year absence from that opera's stage. Ralph Funicello's scenic design for this production is much in keeping with a very traditional aesthetic and Missy West's costumes invoked the ineluctable Gustav Doré illustrations of Don Quixote, though the influence of Velasquez and Murillo was also…
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The London premiere of George Benjamin's Into the Little Hill seems to have occurred in the Royal Opera House's bar. Guardian Article | Production Site
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September 19 2009: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Daniels September 22 2009: La Damnation de Faust October 10 2009: Dido and Aeneas October 18 2009: Les Arts Florissants / Cohen October 25 2009: Susanna October 29 2009: Röschmann / Kirchschlager / Bostridge / Quasthoff November 8 2009: Monteverdi's 6th Book of Madrigals…
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The 13 Adler Fellows for 2009 were interviewed by Director of Music Administration Kip Cranna, San Francisco Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald, and Board of Directors Adler Committee Chairman I. Craig Henderson, M.D. yesterday evening, at Cowell Theater at Fort Mason. We learnt that Tamara Wapinsky just had a tonsillectomy a few weeks ago, that…
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The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden is planning to present an opera about Anna Nicole Smith by Mark-Anthony Turnage in 2011. Guardian Article
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October 10 2009: Tosca October 24 2009: Aida November 7 2009: Turandot December 19 2009: Les Contes d'Hoffmann January 9 2010: Der Rosenkavalier January 16 2010: Carmen February 6 2010: Simon Boccanegra March 27 2010: Hamlet May 1 2010: Armida Next season the Met presents 9 simulcasts, down from 11 this season. Press Release | Official Site
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* Notes * The 2009 Schwabacher Debut Recital Series opened with Alek Shrader, accompanied by the inimitable John Parr, last Sunday. Shrader's voice is clear and pretty, but his upper register is considerably more strained than his lower register. However, he is remarkably consistent. His rendition of various Benjamin Britten songs came off well, but he…
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September 21 2009- May 13 2010: Tosca September 22- December 12 2009: Le Nozze di Figaro September 23 2009- April 15 2010: Die Zauberflöte October 2 2009- April 3 2010: Aida October 3 2009- March 4 2010: Il Barbiere di Siviglia October 13 2009- January 15 2010: Der Rosenkavalier October 21- November 17 2009: La Damnation de Faust October…
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