The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: April 2009
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* Notes * A revival of Peter Grimes opened at San Diego Opera yesterday evening. The production was originally built for San Francisco Opera and the Lyric in 1973, and the set has a certain grey brutality. Gary Marder's lighting was appropriately stark and moody. The costumes, from the Met's old production, are also perfectly…
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* Notes * Last night the Musical Theatre Ensemble of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music gave a student performance of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, which they will repeat tonight with a different cast. The performance certainly was heartfelt and sweet. The vocalists used microphones, as to be heard over the instrumentation, which,…
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera's Annual Meeting for 2009 was held yesterday afternoon, over in one of the rehearsal halls in Davies. Board of Directors President George H. Hume, General Director David Gockley, and CFO Michael Simpson all gave reports. The mood is considerably more gloomy than last year, the endowment is down by some…
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September 25- October 3 2009: La BohèmeNovember 6-14 2009: Philip Glass' OrphéeFebruary 5-13 2010: Così fan tutteMarch 26 -April 3 2010: Trouble in TahitiMay 7-15 2010: Il barbiere di Siviglia Monteverdi's Il Ballo Delle Ingrate and Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda are also being performed with Trouble in Tahiti. 2009-2010 Portland Opera Site
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Angelika Kirchschlager has canceled her recital in Berkeley due to illness. Official Site | Cal Performances
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September 19 2009- July 20 2010: Ariadne auf Naxos September 20 2009- July 6 2010: Lucrezia Borgia October 4 2009- June 12 2010: Carmen October 11 2009- July 9 2010: Jenůfa October 15 2009- July 29 2010: Lohengrin October 31 2009- July 8 2010: Don Giovanni November 1-8 2009: Eugene Onegin November 13-25 2009: Il…
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* Notes * Walter Braunfels' Die Vögel opened at LA Opera last night. Unfortunately, the production did not cohere. Good Hope and Loyal Friend were dressed in a nondescript early twentieth century manner, they looked more American than Athenian. The Birds, on the other hand, were garishly dressed, some were adorned with Isis Wings, invoking…
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October 15 2009: John Adams, The Chairman Dances Gabriela Lena Frank, Peregrinos (West Coast premiere)Béla Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra December 3 2009: Steven Stucky, Radical Light Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 7 Steven Stucky, "Lament" from the oratorio August 4, 1964 (West Coast premiere) Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite (1919 version) February 11 2010: Paul Dresher, Cornucopia…
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* Notes * Esa-Pekka Salonen is currently conducting LA Phil in a program which includes his own Violin Concerto, Ligeti’s Clocks and Clouds, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Today’s 11am performance was quite packed, since it is a part of a three-week celebration that marks the end of Salonen’s tenure as Music Director of the…
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