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Month: June 2014

  • SF Opera’s Madama Butterfly Media Round-Up

    Production Web Site | SF Opera's Blog Reviewers acknowledge that Patricia Racette's voice has declined in San Francisco Opera's latest Madama Butterfly (Act II pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver), but find the singer's dramatic abilities intact. Performance Reviews: San Francisco Chronicle | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Jose Mercury News

  • SF Opera’s Madama Butterfly

    * Notes * Jun Kaneko's production of Madama Butterfly (Patricia Racette as Cio-Cio-San, Brian Jagde as Pinkerton, and Brian Mulligan as Sharpless in Act I pictured left; photograph by Cory Weaver) had a fifth performance at San Francisco Opera last night. The set and costumes have an elegant guilelessness. The staging, directed by Leslie Swackhamer, is…

  • Met Cancels Klinghoffer Live in HD

    According to a press release from today the Met has canceled its Live in HD transmission of The Death of Klinghoffer scheduled for this fall. The Met's General Manager, Peter Gelb says "I'm convinced that the opera is not anti-Semitic but I've also become convinced that there is genuine concern in the international Jewish community…

  • SF Opera’s La Traviata (Cabell, Pirgu, Stoyanov)

    * Notes * San Francisco Opera‘s 1987 production of La Traviata (Saimir Pirgu as Alfredo and Nicole Cabell as Violetta in Act I pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) was revived again last night. Originally conceived by John Copley, Laurie Feldman is the director this time. The set, designed by John Conklin, is splendid, as are…

  • SF Opera’s Show Boat Media Round-Up

    Production Web Site | SF Opera's Blog Reviewers are fairly positive about San Francisco Opera's Show Boat (Act II pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver). Performance Reviews: San Francisco Chronicle | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Jose Mercury News

  • SF Opera’s Show Boat

    * Notes * Show Boat (Heidi Stober as Magnolia Hawks, Patricia Racette as Julie La Verne, Angela Renee Simpson as Queenie and Morris Robinson as Joe with chorus in Act I, Scene 2 pictured left; photograph by Cory Weaver) opened at San Francisco Opera today with a matinée performance. The production, directed by Francesca Zambello,…