The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: March 2009
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* Notes * John Adams was interviewed yesterday by historian Kevin Starr as part of the JCCSF's Arts & Ideas series. We heard about how Adams came of age when contemporary classical music was hostile to communicating with an audience and about how he came to California in a VW Bug without intending to stay for more than…
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September 14- October 14 2009: Mireille September 17- October 2 2009: Wozzeck September 18 2009- April 23 2010: Il Barbiere di Siviglia October 3-17 2009: Die Tote Stadt October 10-25 2009: L'elisir d'Amore October 29- November 29 2009: La Bohème November 7- December 1 2009: Salome December 2-30 2009: Platée December 3-24 2009: Andrea Chénier January 14-…
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This is the sixth scene of Act II from L’elisir d’amore. The village girls have taken an interest in Nemorino, piquing the jealousy of Adina. Details of Painting | Performance Review of L’elisir
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* Notes * The San Francisco Piano Quartet played this afternoon as part of Noe Valley Chamber Music's 16th season. The performance began with three movements of Antonín Dvořák's Piano Quartet in E flat Major, then involved various bits and pieces of music from related composers, and finally ended with the last movement from the first…
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* Notes * San Francisco Symphony's first Davies After Hours event was last night, after Nicola Luisotti again conducted Kodály, Bloch, and Brahms. The Second Tier Lobby was completely packed with people, and at times one could hardly move. This event seems intent on bridging classical music with a younger, hipper audience, not unlike the…
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This account of the Met simulcast of Madama Butterfly comes from Upstairs Tenor, who is an usher and supernumerary at San Francicsco Opera. * Notes * Anthony Minghella left us too soon, but his production of Madama Butterfly is, at least, a testament to his memory. Stark and beautifully designed, with incredibly specific and insightful…
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* Notes * This week the incoming music director of San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti, is conducting San Francisco Symphony in a program of Kodály, Bloch, and Brahms. The Galántai Tánkoc (Dances of Galánta) from Kodály were great fun. The woodwinds sounded clear, the clarinet and oboe were particularly lovely. In the second piece, cellist Michael Grebanier…
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* Notes * The Opera Tattler was quite caught off guard by the performance of Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice in Slumdog Millionaire. Otherwise, this rather predictable film was nice to look at, like a prettily wrapped present. Good triumphs over evil, love conquers all, but not without the help of both fame and money. *…
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2020-2021 Season Will Be Announced January 22, 2020. 2020-2021 SeasonFidelioCosì fan tutte 2021-2022 SeasonDon Giovanni Other RumorsAdriane LecouvreurOrfeo ed Euridice
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The soprano that created the role of Bess in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess died last Friday. AP Article | New York Times Article | Biography
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