The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: March 2019
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* Notes * Opera Parallèle is presenting the world premiere of Laura Kaminsky’s Today It Rains this weekend at Z Space. This chamber opera based on Georgia O’Keefe’s first trip to Santa Fe is contemplative and features some beautiful singing and stagecraft. Conductor Nicole Paiement had the 11 orchestra members well in hand. Kaminsky’s music can…
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Tons of new operas are being performed everyday, the most successful perhaps are Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick (recently at Opera San José) and Mason Bates’ Grammy-winning The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. Closer to home, Howards End, America by Allen Shearer had a world premiere only last month in San Francisco. Opera Parallèle, devoted to contemporary works…
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* Notes * Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito is nearly through a run at Los Angeles Opera. The singing is top-notch with strong support from the orchestra and a sumptuous staging. The new production, directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, who also designed the scenery, is recalls the Pre-Raphaelites, especially Frederic Leighton. There are many projections, and this…
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