The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: March 2014
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* Notes * The artistic director of New York Festival of Song, Steven Blier, presided over a Schwabacher Debut Recital entitled In the Memory Palace yesterday evening. The program included diverse selections from song cycles and vocal quartets with an underlying theme of courtship. Blier accompanied four Adler Fellows on piano. The structure of the evening…
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San Francisco Opera‘s Costume Shop Sale Preview was held as a donor event yesterday, complete with valet parking and cocktails. The array of clothing and accoutrements is stunning. I contemplated getting the armor Susan Graham wore in Ariodante (2008), but had to concede that it probably took up too much space and certainly is too…
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera's Annual Meeting for 2014 was held Thursday afternoon at Zellerbach Rehearsal Hall in San Francisco. Chairman of the Board John A. Gunn, Board of Directors President Keith B. Geeslin, CFO Michael Simpson, and General Director David Gockley all spoke. Both Geeslin and Gockley expressed concern over San Diego Opera's…
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San Diego Opera will cease operations after its current season, said Ian Campbell, the opera’s general and artistic director. KPBS | Official Site
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SopranosJulie Adams, Burbank, CaliforniaAdelaide Boedecker, Sarasota, FloridaMaria Fasciano, Niagara Falls, New YorkKaren Chia-Ling Ho, Taipei, TaiwanYujin Kim, Deajeon, South KoreaTalya Lieberman, Forest Hills, New YorkAmanda Woodbury, Dallas, Texas Mezzo-SopranosEliza Bonet, Atlanta, GeorgiaShirin Eskandani, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaNian Wang, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China TenorsCasey Candebat, New Orleans, LouisianaMingjie Lei, Hengyang, Hunan, ChinaChong Wang, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, ChinaBenjamin Werley,…
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San Francisco Opera is having a costume shop sale on March 23-24, from 10:30 am to 5 pm on Saturday and 10:30 am to 4 pm on Sunday at 800 Indiana Street in San Francisco. This is only the fifth time in the company's history that such a sale is taking place. Costumes from The…
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