The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: November 2014
-
* Notes * An adorable final performance of Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Act I, Scene 1 pictured left; photograph by Cory Weaver) this season at San Francisco Opera was held last night. The cast was brimming with youthful energy. The male chorus sounded solid and executed the choreography with endearing aplomb. Zanda Švēde (Tisbe) and Maria Valdes…
-
Production Web Site | SF Opera's Blog Reviewers found both casts of San Francisco Opera's La Bohème (Act IV pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) wonderful. Reviews: San Francisco Chronicle | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Jose Mercury News
-
* Notes * A second cast appeared in San Francisco Opera's La Bohème (Ellie Dehn as Musetta, Brian Mulligan as Marcello, Giorgio Berrugi as Rodolfo, and Leah Crocetto as Mimì in Act III pictured left; photograph by Cory Weaver) on Saturday night. Again, Maestro Giuseppe Finzi conducted an orchestra that sounded grand and vivid, but…
-
* Notes * A new production of La Bohème (Nadine Sierra as Musetta, Michael Fabiano as Rodolfo, Alexia Voulgaridou as Mimì, and Alexey Markov as Marcello in Act IV pictured left; photograph by Cory Weaver) opened at San Francisco Opera last night. David Farley’s production design consists of fairly flat scenery arranged such that a…
-
Production Web Site | SF Opera's Blog Reviewers found San Francisco Opera's La Cenerentola (Act I Prince's Ball pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) enjoyable. Reviews: San Francisco Chronicle | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Jose Mercury News
-
* Notes *A revival of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk opened at the Metropolitan Opera last night. Graham Vick’s 1994 production is humorous and makes quite good use of space, despite being essentially constrained to one room (pictured left, photograph by Ken Howard). Though there was much going on at all times, the staging enhanced the…
-
* Notes * A sixth Metropolitan Opera performance of John Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer (Act II, Scene 2 pictured left, photograph by Ken Howard) was held last Saturday. There were a handful of protesters with signs reading "Shame on Peter Gelb Met Opera" and so forth. The opera itself is not particularly contentious, if anything,…
-
Brian Asawa (pictured left) recently released a recording entitled “Spirits of the Air” with mezzo-soprano Diana Tash. The Merola Program is hosting a CD release celebration on November 7, 2014, honoring both singers, who are to attend and be interviewed. How did you get your start in opera and how did you discover that you…
The Opera Tattler 