The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: September 2010
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Soprano Danielle de Niese (pictured left, photograph courtesy of Decca / Chris Dunlop) will have her debut at San Francisco Opera today as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. Later this season she sings Despina in The Met's Così fan tutte, conducted by William Christie. In March de Niese will fulfill her dream of working…
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* Notes * The San Francisco Early Music Society recently presented soprano Ellen Hargis and lutenist Paul O'Dette in a concert of Barbara Strozzi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Cesti, and Alessandro Piccinini. I skipped the second half of Opera in the Park for the San Francisco performance, and did not regret it. Hargis has a pure, clarion tone.…
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General Director Plácido Domingo renewed his contract with Los Angeles Opera through 2013. Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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* Notes * Werther, in a brand new production, opened yesterday evening at San Francisco Opera. The set, designed by Louis Désiré, involves a rather large platform with a grove of telephone poles meant to be trees, lots of stairs, a mountain of luggage, and a creepy basement downstage where Werther lives. Periodically one of…
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The Last Chinese Unicorn wrote up this piece about this recent event in the Littlefield Intermezzo Lounge of the War Memorial Opera House, pictured left, photo from Cory Weaver and San Francisco Opera. * Notes * Tonight is the opening of Massenet's Werther (pronounced Vair-tair). This past Saturday before the final dress rehearsal, the Opera Tattler…
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Though the Opera Tattler may have secured an audience with Danielle De Niese, Marco Vratogna, and Nicola Luisotti, we are wondering who you, gentle readers, would like us to interview next. It may be easiest if we limit this to those who are here in San Francisco now for the opera. Below are some suggestions,…
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera's 37th Opera in the Park event was Nicola Luisotti's second as music director. The performance is entertaining every year, and this was no exception. The afternoon began with the overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, and gave us a preview of how this will sound when the latest revival opens…
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The incoming 2011 Adler Fellows are Nadine Sierra, Daniel Montenegro, Ao Li, Ryan Kuster, and David Hanlon. They join current Adlers Leah Crocetto, Susannah Biller, Sara Gartland, Maya Lahyani, Ryan Belongie, Brian Jadge, and Tamara Sanikidze. Outgoing 2010 Adler Fellows are tenor David Lomelí, baritone Austin Kness, and apprentice coach Allen Perriello. Press Release [PDF] |…
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