The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: September 2012
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* Notes * A second performance of San Francisco Opera's Rigoletto was held on Saturday. The cast had three different members: Marco Vratogna (Rigoletto), Albina Shagimuratova (Gilda), and Arturo Chacón-Cruz (The Duke of Mantua). Chacón-Cruz was not consistent, he was rather hard to hear with the chorus in the first scene, but improved in the second…
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* Notes * The 90th season of San Francisco Opera got off to a fine start last night with Rigoletto, at least once opening night formalities were out of the way. Though not exactly precise, the orchestra bustled with enthusiasm, and Maestro Nicola Luisotti kept the music moving. The chorus sang with characteristic vigor. This revival…
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