The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: August 2012
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Tenor David Lomelí has withdrawn from San Francisco Opera’s Rigoletto for personal reasons. Francesco Demuro, already scheduled to sing the Duke of Mantua on six dates, will now perform the role twice more on September 23 and 30. Arturo Chacón-Cruz sings on September 8, 12, 16, and 19. Press Release | SF Opera’s Official Site
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September 15-16 2012: National Circus of the People’s Republic of ChinaSeptember 18 2012: Laurie Anderson September 27-28 2012: Théâtre de la Ville performs RhinocérosSeptember 30 2012: Fall Free for All: Open House at Cal PerformancesOctober 10-12 2012: Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra performs Swan LakeOctober 16 2012: Delfeayo Marsalis Octet performs Sweet ThunderOctober 20 2012: Georgia’s…
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From a press release on August 20, 2012. Janai Brugger makes her Met debut as Liù in Turandot on October 30 and sings the role on November 2, 5, and 9. Brugger replaces Takesha Meshé Kizart, who is recovering from recent abdominal surgery. Guanqun Yu replaces Sondra Radvanovsky as Leonora in Il Trovatore on October…
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* Notes * Last night’s Merola Grand Finale featured many fine tenors. Casey Candebat sang a sweet “Pourquoi me réveiller?” in the first half of the program, and applause interrupted his scene with Sarah Mesko as Charlotte. Theo Lebow sang a pretty “O blonde Cérès” (from Les Troyens) but some of his high notes were…
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* Notes * Last night Mozart's La finta giardiniera had the first of two performances by the Merola Opera Program (Rose Sawvel, Casey Candebat, and Jennifer Cherest pictured left in Act I, photograph by Kristen Loken) in San Francisco this summer. The production, directed by Nicholas Muni, employs much violence and many weapons, but does not…
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The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is showing some thirty paintings by Domenico Monteforte from June 10 to August 20. The landscapes featured are in oils, some even painted on musical scores of Puccini. Monteforte is friends with conductor Nicola Luisotti, this fact being the impetus for an exhibition in San Francisco.
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