The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: July 2016
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* Notes * West Edge Opera's 2016 festival continued at the Oakland 16th Street train station Sunday afternoon with Powder Her Face. Maestra Mary Chun conducted Thomas Adès' chamber opera with precision. The production from Elkhanah Pulitzer is characteristically racy but somehow does show a little compassion for these very unlikable characters as well. The music…
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* Notes * Conrad Susa's Transformations was performed by the Merola Opera Program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music last night. Neal Goren conducted the jazz and pop influenced score with aplomb, the music sounded idiomatic. The production from Roy Rallo was very consistent with his style. The piece is based on ten poems by…
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ARTS & CULTURE By Charlise Tiee Jul 1, 2016 | Updated Sept 19, 2024 Members of the Bay Area-based chorus Cappella SF and composer Lisa Bielawa in a cell block on Alcatraz, the setting for Episode 9 of Bielawa’s new serialized made-for-video opera, ‘Vireo’ (Photo: David Soderlund) Alcatraz has been the setting of many Hollywood blockbusters from Escape…
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* Notes *My feature about Lisa Bielawa's made-for-television opera Vireo is up on KQED Arts. * Tattling * This was my second visit to Alcatraz in two years, which was very funny to me since I had lived in the Bay Area so long before ever going. Was pleased that I knew one of the…
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