The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: June 2009
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Production Web Site | Press Photographs Final Dress Rehearsal: Civic Center Reviews of the First Cast: The Opera Tattler | Not For Fun Only | Out West Arts | Examiner.com | San Jose Mercury | San Francisco Examiner | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Francisco Chronicle | Associated Press Reviews of the Second Cast: The Opera…
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* Notes * Marta Domingo's "Jazz Age" production of La Traviata opened at San Francisco Opera last night. The performance marked the long-awaited return of Anna Netrebko to the War Memorial stage, as she was last here four years ago, singing Musetta in La Bohème. Netrebko did not disappoint as Violetta, her sound is rich and…
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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain are playing at the Proms on August 18, 2009. One can even take part. Proms 2009 | Learning the Ukulele
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Production Web Site | Press Photographs Background: Panel Discussion | Eric Owens Interview | San Francisco Chronicle Preview Performance Reviews: The Opera Tattler | Not For Fun Only | Out West Arts | SFist | Sac Bee | San Jose Mercury | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Francisco Chronicle | Financial Times
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* Notes * The Schubert/Berg Festival over at San Francisco Symphony ends this week with performances of Berg's Violin Concerto and Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat major, D. 950. The soloist for the former, Gil Shaham, seemed very immersed in the work, and made frequent eye-contact with the members of the orchestra. Shaham played assiduously, the…
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* Notes * Porgy and Bess had a strong opening last night at San Francisco Opera. Francesca Zambello's production works well, the set, from Peter J. Davison, is particularly striking. The scene changes were nearly flawless and Mark McCullough's lighting impeccable. Having the opera set in 1955 was not at all a distraction, though one is not sure…
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Jonathan Vinocour has been appointed the next principal violist of San Francisco Symphony, starting next season. Press Release [PDF] | San Francisco Symphony's Official Site
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Production Web Site | Press Photographs Final Dress Rehearsal: Not For Fun Only Performance Reviews: The Opera Tattler | Not For Fun Only | Iron Tongue of Midnight | SFist | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Francisco Chronicle
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Yesterday evening chorus director Ian Robertson moderated a panel discussion on Porgy and Bess, which opens next Tuesday at San Francisco Opera. The panelists included choreographer Denni Sayers, soprano Angel Blue (Clara), soprano Karen Slack (Serena), baritone Kenneth Overton (Frazier), tenor Calvin Lee (Peter), baritone Eric Greene (Jake), tenor Chauncey Packer (Sportin' Life), bass-baritone Eric Owens…
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* Notes * The summer part of San Francisco Opera‘s season began last night with Tosca. The 1997 production is based on the one that inaugurated the War Memorial Opera House in 1932, and for that reason, is rather old-fashioned. It was interesting to note the differences between the current revival and the last one, for…
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