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SF Opera’s Ring Cycle 1 Media Round-Up

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Pictured left is the Act III, Scene 3 of San Francisco Opera’s Götterdämmerung with Stacey Tappan (Woglinde), Renee Tatum (Flosshilde), and Lauren McNeese (Wellgunde) by Cory Weaver. Cycle 2 starts this week, and below are the reviews of the first run.

Whole Cycle: Los Angeles Times | San Francisco Chronicle | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Francisco Examiner | San Jose Mercury News | Washington Post | Washington Post’s The Classical Beat | Web Journal of the Music Critics Association of North America

MusicalCriticism.com: Rheingold | Walküre | Siegfried | Götterdämmerung

New York Times: Rheingold/Walküre | Siegfried/Götterdämmerung

Not For Fun Only: Rheingold | Walküre | Siegfried | Götterdämmerung

The Opera Critic: Rheingold | Walküre | Siegfried | Götterdämmerung

Out West Arts: Rheingold | Walküre | Siegfried | Götterdämmerung

Paper Opera Review: Rheingold | Walküre

San Francisco Chronicle: Rheingold | Walküre

SFist: Rheingold | Walküre | Siegfried | Götterdämmerung

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2 responses to “SF Opera’s Ring Cycle 1 Media Round-Up”

  1. DC Graves Avatar
    DC Graves

    The second cycle of SF Opera’s 2011 Ring closed with a Gotterdammerung immolation scene in which Nina Stemme’s Brunnhilde was nothing short of magnificent. Stemme’s spectacular singing and fine acting brought an excellent Ring to a really memorable conclusion. Other notable contributions in the second cycle: Mark Delevan’s Wotan in Walkure, Jay Morris’ Siegfried in Siegfried, Andrea Silvestrelli’s Hagen in Gotterdammerung. While I have mixed emotions about the Zambello production, I do think the acting was better across-the-board than any Ring I have seen. The orchestra generally sounded very good under Donald Runnicles, but sometimes was too loud for the voices.

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  2. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    The second cycle did go a lot more smoothly!

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