The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: August 2023
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* Notes * Festival Opera put on a visceral production of Carmen at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek last weekend. The staging was effective and there was a lot of great singing. The small orchestra was conducted by Robert Mollicone, who is on the music staff at San Francisco Opera and…
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* Notes * The Merola Grand Finale (participants pictured, photograph by Kristen Loken) was held Saturday night on the main stage of the War Memorial Opera House. It was great to hear the singers with the full orchestra conducted by Kelly Kuo. The set looked to be a scene from Il Trovatore, which opens the…
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