The Opera Tattler

Reviews of Performances and their Audiences

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Month: April 2023

  • A Night At The Overlook Hotel

    Opera Parallèle held a fundraiser at The Lodge at The Regency Center yesterday night in San Francisco. The theme has to do with the company's next offering, Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell's The Shining, which opens on June 2 at the YCBA Theater. Emceed by L. Peter Callender, who kept the proceedings together, we heard…

  • PBO’s Amadigi di Gaula

    * Notes * Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Music Director Richard Egarr did a run of Händel's Amadigi di Gaula last weekend at the Taube Atrium Theater in San Francisco. The soloists (pictured) were all really impressive and the small space seemed to focus the attention of the audience. The piece has a lot of big feelings…

  • Opera San José’s Tosca

    * Notes * Tosca (Act II pictured, photograph by David Allen) opened at Opera San José in an effective production directed by Tara Branham last weekend. The singing was all very powerful, the action straightforward, and the Sunday matinee was a richly satisfying afternoon of theater. This is the quintessential opera, the title character is…