The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: April 2024
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* Notes * Daniel Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas (Act II pictured, photograph by David Allen) had a long overdue Bay Area premiere at Opera San José last weekend. The attractive new production features lots of strong singing. The music is reminiscent of Puccini, lots of shimmery swells of sound. The orchestra sounded robust under…
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* Notes *Opera Parallèle gave a splendid performance of two comedic one-act operas yesterday at SFJAZZ. Done in one go, the evening began with David T. Little's Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera (pictured, photograph by Kristen Loken), which was followed by Laura Karpman's Balls. It was impressive how cohesively these works were presented together, both…
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