The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: May 2011
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The board of New York City Opera met today. Between flagging ticket sales and a possible strike, it sounds like there was much to discuss. NPR | Bloomberg | NY Times | Chairman's Challenge
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September 15- October 8 2011: The Elixir of LoveSeptember 19- October 25 2011: The PassengerOctober 5- November 10 2011: The Marriage of FigaroOctober 24- December 1 2011: Castor and PolluxNovember 12- December 3 2011: Eugene OneginNovember 26 2011- Janurary 29 2012: ToscaJanuary 28- February 27 2012: Der RosenkavalierFebruary 10- March 10 2012: The Tales of…
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Last Saturday mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe (pictured left, photo by Kobie van Rensburg) finished singing the role Fricka in Die Walküre at the Metropolitan Opera. Later this month she will sing the Verdi Requiem and Elijah at the May Festival in Cincinnati. In August she will be the soloist in the Brahms Alto Rhapsody at Tanglewood.…
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January 28- February 5 2012: Salome February 18-26 2012: Moby-Dick March 10-18 2012: Don Pasquale March 24 2012: Renée Fleming Concert April 21-29 2012: The Barber of Seville San Diego Opera recently announced a 2012 season. Lise Lindstrom, Greer Grimsley, Alan Glassman, and Irina Mishura star in Salome. The West Coast premiere of Jake Heggie's…
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* Notes * The final concert series this season of American Bach Soloists included works by Antonio Lotti (pictured left) and Johann Sebastian Bach. Last Sunday's San Francisco performance began with Lotti's Mass for Three Choirs. The ensemble, conducted by Jeffrey Thomas, sounded characteristically clear and clean. Concertmaster Elizabeth Blumenstock was particularly splendid in her…
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Whilst the Opera Tattler attended a performance of Séance on a Wet Afternoon at the David H. Koch Theater on April 28, 2011, Miss LCU was nearby at Lepage’s new production of Die Walküre (Act III pictured left, © Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) with the Unbiased Opinionator. * Notes * Of late, James Levine gets credit for…
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Sacramento Opera has raised $135,164 and will have a 2011-2012 season. Performances are to include Pagliacci, a concert of opera arias, and Rigoletto. Sacramento Bee Article | Sacramento Opera Official Site
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Two fellows were arrested at a English Touring Opera performance of Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi last Tuesday in Truro, Cornwall. Apparently the men were fighting at intermission. BBC Article | English Touring Opera Official Site
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June 28- August 24 2012: ToscaJune 30 – August 25 2012: The Pearl FishersJuly 14- August 16 2012: Maometto IIJuly 21- August 14 2012: King RogerJuly 28- August 23 2012: Arabella Santa Fe just announced the 2012 season. Emmanuel Villaume conducts The Pearl Fishers. Leah Crocetto, Patricia Bardon, Bruce Sledge, and Luca Pisaroni have been…
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Elizabeth Bishop (pictured left, photo by Sasha Vasiljev) will sing Fricka in Der Ring des Nibelungen at San Francisco Opera this Summer. She replaces Larissa Diadkova, who has withdrawn for personal reasons. Bishop recently sang two performances of the title role in Iphigénie en Tauride at the Metropolitan Opera, replacing an ailing Susan Graham. Press…
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