The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: February 2024
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* Notes * Rigoletto opened at Opera San José last weekend, but I attended the fourth performance, today's matinée. The opera was very moving. Dan Wallace Miller's production has the title character with a large scar on the right side of his face, rather than a spinal deformity, while the Duke has pox on his…
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September 6–27 2024: Un ballo en mascheraSeptember 14–October 1 2024: Poul Ruders’ The Handmaid’s TaleOctober 19– November 1 2024: Tristan und IsoldeOctober 26 2024: Beethoven’s Ninth SymphonyNovember 13–December 1 2024: Carmen June 3-21 2025: La bohèmeJune 14–25 2025 IdomeneoJune 27 2025: Pride Concert San Francisco Opera’s 102nd season was announced today. Only six operas will…
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* Notes *Soprano Erin Morley (pictured, photograph by Dario Acosta) sang a garden-inspired recital Cal Performances this afternoon. Accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau, we heard a number of unusual pieces by famous composers. Morley has a lucid toned soprano, she is very clear and precise without being boring. She began the performance with selections from…
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* Notes *The Bay Area premiere of Pina Bausch‘s The Rite of Spring was presented by Cal Performances last weekend at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley. It was performed with common ground[s], a duet between Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo. The duet, choreographed and performed by Acogny and Airaudo, was performed first. Both are septuagenarians. Acogny…
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