The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: February 2012
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Today Lyric Opera announced the world premiere of Bel Canto, by composer Jimmy López and librettist Nilo Cruz. The work is based on the novel by Ann Patchett will be performed in the 2015-16 season. The conductor will be Sir Andrew Davis and the director Stephen Wadsworth. The opera has been commissioned as part of…
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* Notes * Orphée et Eurydice (William Burden as Orphée with the Furies pictured left, photograph by Elise Bakketun) opened at Seattle Opera on last night. Jose Maria Condemi's production provided a series of entertaining moments that did not quite cohere, but did not get in the way of the music. Phillip Lienau's set is clean,…
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September 24 2012- February 8 2013: L'Elisir d'Amore September 26 2012- January 10 2013: Turandot September 28 2012- March 1 2013: Carmen September 29 2012- January 24 2013: Il Trovatore October 9 2012- March 30 2013: Otello October 23- November 17 2012: The Tempest October 29- November 17 2012: Le Nozze di Figaro November 8-…
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* Notes * The third performance of Simon Boccanegra (Act I Scene 2 pictured left, photograph by Robert Millard) at Los Angeles Opera on Sunday was quite good. The production originates from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and is directed here by Elijah Moshinsky. Michael Yeargan's set is sleek, and Duane Schuler's lighting did…
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Jay Hunter Morris (pictured left in the State Opera of South Australia's production of Moby-Dick) will replace Ben Heppner as Captain Ahab in the San Diego Opera's Moby-Dick on Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Heppner is ill. Morris had been originally scheduled for the San Diego performances, but withdrew to sing Siegfried in the Metropolitan Opera's…
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* Notes * The West Coast premiere of Jake Heggie‘s Moby-Dick (Act I pictured left, photograph by Ken Howard) was given by San Diego Opera last night. This production was first seen two years ago at Dallas Opera, and has also had runs at the State Opera of South Australia in Adelaide and Calgary Opera. The…
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* Program * Rachmaninoff’s Prelude Op. 23 No. 5Robert Mollicone, piano Richard Rodgers’ “My Funny Valentine”David Hanlon, piano The end of Act I Scene 2 from Dead Man WalkingLaura Krumm, mezzo-soprano and David Hanlon, piano “Il core vi dono” from Così fan tutteLaura Krumm, mezzo-soprano, Ao Li, baritone, and Robert Mollicone, piano “Avant de quitter…
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* Notes *A chamber version of John Harbison's The Great Gatsby (Act II, Scene 3 with Marco Pannucio, Susannah Biller, Julienne Walker, Jason Detwiler, and Daniel Snyder pictured right; photograph by Steve DiBartolomeo) from Ensemble Parallèle opened last night at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. The ambitious reorchestration was undertaken…
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September 15- October 9 2012: I due FoscariSeptember 22- October 14 2012: Don GiovanniNovember 17- December 9 2012: Madama ButterflyMarch 9-30 2013: Der fliegende HolländerMarch 23- April 13 2013: CenerentolaMay 18- June 8 2013: Tosca Plácido Domingo stars in I due Foscari. Oksana Dyka sings Butterfly with Brandon Jovanovich as Pinkerton and Eric Owens as…
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera's Medallion Society Luncheon was held Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton. George Hume, the president of the San Francisco Opera Association welcomed the donors before they partook of a meal of cauliflower bisque, barbeque chicken, and pear cake. David Gockley presented Sylvia Lindsey (pictured left, photograph by Drew Altizer) with an…
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