The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: February 2022
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* Notes *I was so pleased to be able to hear Opera Parallèle's latest offering, Sophia's Forest by Lembit Beecher, yesterday evening at Grace Cathedral. This 2017 chamber opera deals with the trauma of a nine-year-old immigrant child and features some very beautiful singing and creepy sound sculptures made from wine glasses and bicycle wheels.…
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September 27- October 28 2022: MedeaSeptember 28- October 20 2022: IdomeneoSeptember 29- October 21 2022: Lady Macbeth of MtsenskOctober 4 2022- April 15 2023: ToscaOctober 16- November 12 2022: Peter GrimesOctober 25 2022- March 18 2023: La TraviataNovember 3- December 3 2022: Don CarloNovember 10- December 29 2022: Rigoletto November 22- December 15 2022: The…
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* Notes *A colorful production of Carmen opened at Opera San José last weekend with a sharp cast. Director Lillian Groag's staging is lively with supernumeraries and flamenco dancers. Music Director Joseph Marcheso kept the orchestra fairly neat, only a few moments here and there were off-kilter. The brass were clear and the woodwinds lovely.…
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