The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: October 2016
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THE DO LIST By Charlise Tiee Oct 28 2016 | Updated Sep 19, 2024 Heklina, host of SF Opera Lab’s ‘Drag Queen of the Opera’ pop-up event at Oasis. (Photo: José Guzman-Colon) A spectacularly-adorned creature — all glitter, lashes, hair, and curves — commands the stage with her bearing alone. Watching Trannyshack founder Heklina open her mouth and unleash…
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* Notes *My review of West Bay Opera's Le nozze di Figaro is up on San Francisco Classical Voice. Tattling * The audience was very enthusiastic about the performance. On the other hand, my opera companion insists that he won't go to another Mozart opera at West Bay.
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The incoming 2017 Adler Fellows are soprano Sarah Cambidge; tenor Amitai Pati and Kyle van Schoonhoven; baritone Andrew Manea; stage director Aria Umezawa; and apprentice coaches John Elam and Jennifer Szeto. They join current Adlers Amina Idris, Toni Marie Palmertree, Pene Pati, Brad Walker, and Ronny Michael Greenberg. The outgoing 2016 Adler Fellows are Julie Adams,…
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* Notes * With a monstrous but charismatic narcissist as protagonist, last night's revival of San Francisco Opera's The Makropulos Case felt timely. It was difficult to not compare our lead, soprano Nadja Michael, with the previous star in the role, Karita Mattila, especially since the latter was so recently here in the nearly perfect…
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Production Web Site | SF Opera’s Blog Reviews of San Francisco Opera’s Don Pasquale (Act III pictured left with Maurizio Muraro and Lucas Meachem, photograph by Cory Weaver) are positive. Performance Reviews: San Francisco Chronicle | San José Mercury News | San Francisco Examiner | San Francisco Classical Voice | Not For Fun Only |…
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