The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: August 2010
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October 9 2010: Das Rheingold October 23 2010: Boris Godunov November 13 2010: Don Pasquale December 11 2010: Don Carlo January 8 2011: La Fanciulla del West February 12 2011: Nixon in China February 26 2011: Iphigénie en Tauride March 19 2011: Lucia di Lammermoor April 9 2011: Le Comte Ory April 23 2011: Capriccio…
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Tenor David Lomelí (pictured left) is finishing up as an Adler at San Francisco Opera this Fall by covering the title role of Werther and singing the Messenger in Aida. He sings Edgardo in Pittsburgh Opera’s Lucia die Lammermoor this November, Alfredo at Deutsche Oper Berlin in December, Nemorino at New York City Opera in…
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San Francisco Opera's 2010-2011 season starts in less than a fortnight, and rehearsals are in full swing for Aida, Werther, and Le Nozze di Figaro. It seems like a good time to take a look back on the previous year. Last season started off with a glorious Il Trovatore, with Sondra Radvanovsky. Il Trittico also…
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A couple of years ago Martin Bernheimer wrote a piece entitled "Critics in a hostile world" for the Financial Times, blaming the Interwebs for killing off newspapers. Up until that point, I had not thought much about bloggers taking the place of professional music critics. Of course, anyone can start a blog. There are loads of…
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Jennifer Lynch has been appointed Director of Development of San Francisco Opera, effective September 1. She succeeds Mary Powell, who is resigning from San Francisco Opera after seven years. Press Release | San Francisco Opera
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Houston Grand Opera will premiere Across the Face of the Moon, a mariachi opera, on November 13, 2010. Official Site | Broadway World
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October 27- November 21 2010: A Quiet Place October 31- November 20 2010: Intermezzo March 24- April 9 2011: Elixir of Love March 25- April 8 2011: La Machine de l'être / Erwartung / NeitherApril 19- May 1 2011: Séance on a Wet Afternoon April 9 2011: Where the Wild Things Are New York City…
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* Notes * One imagines the Adler Fellows for 2011 will not be announced until next month, but let us indulge in some rampant speculation about which of the Merolini are coming back to San Francisco next year. Since my opinion does not count for much, these guesses are not based on whom I personally enjoyed most,…
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* Notes * This year’s Merola Opera Program ended ten weeks of training with a Grand Finale last night at the War Memorial Opera House. Ted Huffman’s staging for the performance was not elaborate, using four cypress trees from Act IV of the Le Nozze di Figaro set, designed by Zach Brown. The costumes were…
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