The Opera Tattler

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Month: September 2010

  • SF Opera’s Aida Media Round-Up

    Production Web Site | Press Photographs Final Dress: Not for Fun Only | The Opera Tattler Performance Reviews: Civic Center | Iron Tongue of Midnight | MusicalCriticism.com | oboeinsight | The Opera Tattler | San Francisco Chronicle | SFCV | San Francisco Examiner | SFist Opera in the Ballpark: Civic Center | Lies Like Truth…

  • Opera San José’s Anna Karenina

    * Notes * The 27th season of Opera San José opened with the West Coast premiere of David Carlson’s Anna Karenina yesterday evening. The libretto, written by Colin Graham, packed a lot of narrative into less than three hours. It felt a bit like hearing the Cliff Notes to Tolstoy’s novel set to music as…

  • SF Opera’s Aida (September/October Cast)

    * Notes * The 88th season of San Francisco Opera opened in gaudy splendor with Aida last night. The ostentatious production, designed by Zandra Rhodes and directed by Jo Davies, did not fail to delight. The backstage noise of moving the sets was audible to the audience, and the flow of the masses of people…

  • Philharmonia Baroque Launches Radio Series on 101.2 KDFC

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra will have a Sunday night radio broadcast series on 102.1 KDFC, starting September 12 at 8:00 pm. Nicholas McGegan, the music director of PBO, is also the host of the program. PBO's Official Site | KDFC's Official Site

  • La donna del lago at Opéra national de Paris

    This haiku is the last of three pieces from Miss LCU's European holiday concerns Rossini's La donna del lago at Opéra national de Paris. The performance in question occurred on July 10, 2010 at Palais Garnier and starred Karine Deshayes as Elena opposite Javier Camarena as King James/Uberto. * Notes * Paris Opera in July…

  • Final Dress Rehearsal of Aida

       * Notes * The orchestra sounded lovely under Nicola Luisotti in the final dress rehearsal of San Francisco Opera's Aida yesterday afternoon. The woodwinds were particularly good, especially the oboe and clarinet. Zandra Rhodes' bright and colorful production is coming together, and it was nice to see everyone transformed and everything in order after attending…

  • Zandra Rhodes Interview

    Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes (pictured left, photo by Gene Nocon) created the production of Aida that opens San Francisco Opera's 88th season this Friday. She also designed the Les pêcheurs de perles seen here in 2005. Her Die Zauberflöte closes Seattle Opera's 2010-2011 season. The Opera Tattler and the Last Chinese Unicorn talked to Rhodes…

  • Northern California Met Live in HD Theaters 2010-2011

    San Francisco County: Cinemark Century San Francisco Centre 9835 Market StreetSan Francisco, CA 94103 Cinemark CinéArts Empire 385 W Portal Avenue San Francisco, CA 94127 Marin County: The Lark Theater549 Magnolia AvenueLarkspur, CA 94939 Cinemark Century Northgate 157000 Northgate DriveSan Rafael, CA 94903 Cinemark Cinearts Sequoia 225 Throckmorton AvenueMill Valley, CA 94941 Sonoma County: Rialto…

  • Southern California Met Live in HD Theaters 2010-2011

    San Luis Obispo County:Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center1 Grand AvenueSan Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Ventura County:Cinemark Century Stadium 162875 Elba StreetVentura, CA 93001 Los Angeles County:Regal Alhambra Renaissance Stadium 14One East Main StreetAlhambra, CA 91801 AMC Santa Anita400 S Baldwin AvenueArcadia, CA 91007 AMC Burbank 16125 East Palm AvenueBurbank, CA 91502 AMC AMC Glendora 121337…

  • California Central Valley Met Live in HD Theaters 2010-2011

    Shasta County:Cinemark Movies 10980 Old Alturas RoadRedding, CA 96003 Butte County:Cinemark Chico801 East AvenueChico, CA 95926 Placer County:Cinemark Roseville 14 141555 Eureka RoadRoseville, CA 95661 El Dorado County:Regal El Dorado Hills Stadium 13 2101 Vine Street El Dorado Hills, CA, 95762 Sacramento County: Cinemark Laguna 16 9349 Big Horn Blvd.Elk Grove, CA 95758 Cinemark Folsom 14261…