The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: February 2023
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* Notes *Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble gave the world premiere of Karmina Šilec's opera BABA: The Life and Death of Stana (Act I pictured, photograph by Peter Ruocco) last weekend at Z Space in San Francisco. The opera is based on the lives of women who live as men after taking vows of chastity and…
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* Notes * Los Angeles Opera is nearly done with a run of a new Le nozze di Figaro, with a final performance this Sunday. The charming co-production with Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra national de Lorraine, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, and Opéra de Lausanne features a ladder into the orchestra pit and ramps…
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September 26- October 21 2023: Dead Man WalkingSeptember 28 2023- January 26 2024: NabuccoOctober 10 2023- January 13 2024: La BohèmeOctober 20- November 18 2023: Un Ballo in MascheraNovember 3- December 2 2023: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm XNovember 16- December 14 2023: Florencia en el AmazonasNovember 30-December 23 2023: TannhäuserDecember 8-30 2023:…
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* Notes * A 2013 production of Falstaff (Act II pictured, photograph by David Allen) set in a wine cask returned to Opera San José last weekend. There was much lovely singing and comedic physicality. Based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes that Falstaff appears in from Henry IV, Parts 1 and…
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* Notes *Back in 2021, still deep in the pandemic, Opera Parallèle created an animated film version of Joby Talbot's 2015 one-act opera Everest, which was released online by Dallas Opera. The work is based on the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. Last night an installation of this film (pictured, photograph by Stefan Cohen) opened at…
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* Notes * Violinist Midori (pictured, photograph by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders) played a solo performance of Bach, Thierry Escaich, and Annie Gosfield at Herbst Theatre Friday night at SF Performances. She plays another program of Bach, Jessie Montgomery, and John Zorn on Sunday, and I’m horribly tempted to attend, as Midori is such a singular talent.…
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