The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: March 2009
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Bass-baritone Marco Vinco is scheduled to sing the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro at San Francisco Opera from October 15 to December 5, 2010. Marco Vinco's Official Site | SF Opera's Official Site (Thanks to Immanuel for sending this in.)
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* Notes * The American Bach Soloists performed four Bach cantatas yesterday evening in San Francisco. The concert began with a bit of a rehearsal for the audience, as we were to sing the final chorales for Cantatas 140, 78, and 80. When the actual soloists started singing Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, they…
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* Notes * James Conlon conducted San Francisco Symphony in a performance of Berlioz, Liszt, and Shostakovich yesterday evening. The horn timing seemed somewhat off in Berlioz's Le Corsaire Overture, though I do not know the piece, so certainly I cannot say this definitively. The flutes played very deftly, and the brass did sound quite…
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* Notes * James Conlon, the Music Director of Los Angeles Opera, and Dr. Katherine Syer gave talks at the Wagner Society of Northern California today in San Francisco. Conlon spoke on how he came to love classical music and Wagner, and how he decided to become a conductor a young age. We heard that the two conditions…
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera's Medallion Society Luncheon was held yesterday at the Ritz-Carlton. George Hume, Sheri Greenawald, and David Gockley addressed the 660 people in attendance. Barbara K. Jackson was given the Spirit of the Opera Award. Adler Fellows Andrew Bidlack, Leah Crocetto, Dennis Doubin, Kenneth Kellogg, Austin Kness, David Lomelí, Heidi Melton, and Allen Perriello performed…
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* Notes * Stephen Temperley's Souvenir, a play about Florence Foster Jenkins, is closing at ACT this weekend. The work is hilarious, and Judy Kaye does an impressive job singing quite badly. For the most part, Donald Corren was engaging as her accompanist, Cosmé McMoon. His piano playing and singing were both perfectly fine. R.…
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September 6- October 28 2009: Eugene Onegin September 6-26 2009: El Cimarron October 7 – November 12 2009: Lucia di Lammermoor October 21-22 2009: La Traviata (Den Jyske Opera)November 8 2009 – June 12 2010: Carmen November 15- December 11 2009: Ariadne auf Naxos December 20- February 1 2010: Tannhäuser January 18- March 28 2010:…
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The set of Das Rheingold is still not working properly. LA Times | Official Site
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* Notes * Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater gave a series of performances in Berkeley last week. Program A included the West Coast premiere of Hope Boykin's Go in Grace, which features live music from Sweet Honey in the Rock. In principal, live music and live dance together seems like it would be great. In practice, having…
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