The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: July 2011
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Production Web Site | SF Opera's Ring Blog | Cycle 1 Reviews | Cycle 2 Reviews Pictured left is Act I, Scene 3 of San Francisco Opera's Götterdämmerung with Daveda Karanas (Waltraute) and Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde) by Cory Weaver. Whole Cycle: Echovar | oboeinsight | Wall Street Journal Civic Center: Götterdämmerung Not For Fun Only:…
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* Notes * Der Ring des Nibelungen at San Francisco Opera came to a spectacular conclusion with Götterdämmerung (Prologue pictured left, photo by Cory Weaver) today. The orchestra played beautifully for Maestro Donald Runnicles. There were only two or three sour moments, and even these were fleeting and did not detract from the overall brilliance of…
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* Notes * The third Ring cycle at San Francisco Opera continued yesterday with Siegfried (Act II, Scene 3 pictured left, photo by Cory Weaver). The orchestra sounded better than ever under Donald Runnicles. The brass was particularly clean, especially in the Act I Vorspiel and before Brünnhilde makes her vocal entrance in Act III, Scene…
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Tenor David Cangelosi (pictured left in Siegfried Act I, photograph by Cory Weaver) sings Mime in San Francisco Opera's current Ring production. Cangelosi has been blogging himself since 2009, and graciously agreed to meet with The Opera Tattler and Miss LCU before the final dress rehearsal of Das Rheingold last month. What are your dream…
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* Program * “Bella siccome un angelo” from Don Pasquale“Mab, la reine des mensonges” from Roméo et JulietteJonathan Michie, baritone and Robert Mollicone, piano “Va! Laisse couler mes larmes” from Werther“Sein wir wieder gut” from Ariadne auf NaxosDeborah Nansteel, mezzo-soprano and Timothy Cheung, piano “Sibillar gli angui d ‘Aletto” from Rinaldo“Hai gia vinta la causa…Vedro…
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