The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: 2009-2010 Season Previews
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September 11- October 6 2009: Il TrovatoreSeptember 15- October 3 2009: Il TritticoSeptember 23- October 23 2009: Die Entführung aus dem SerailOctober 13-31 2009: La Fille du RégimentOctober 18- November 1 2009: SalomeNovember 8- December 2 2009: OtelloJune 5- July 1 2010: FaustJune 9- July 2 2010: La Fanciulla del WestJune 10-30 2010: Die Walküre Sondra Radvanovsky, Stephanie Blythe, and Dmitri…
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September 12-30 2009: L'Elisir d'AmoreSeptember 26- October 17 2009: SiegfriedNovember 21- December 1 2009: TamerlanoNovember 29- December 19 2009: Il barbiere di SivigliaApril 3-25 2010: Die GötterdämmerungApril 12-24 2010: Die GezeichnetenMay 29- June 26 2010: Der Ring des Nibelungen Nathan Gunn stars in L'Elisir with Rolando Villazón and in Il barbiere with Juan Diego Flórez and Joyce DiDonato.…
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September 12-20 2009: Il Barbiere di SivigliaOctober 10-30 2009: FalstaffOctober 24- November 13 2009: Ariadne auf NaxosMarch 20- April 13 2010: Porgy and BessApril 24- May 7 2010: Le Nozze di FigaroMay 19- June 4 2010: Hamlet Eric Owens will share the role of Porgy with Lester Lynch. Teddy Tahu Rhodes will sing Almaviva in…
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September 26- November 3 2009: Madama Butterfly October 17- November 5 2009: The Nightingale and Other Short FablesJanuary 27- February 27 2010: CarmenFebruary 3-28 2010: OtelloApril 24- May 20, 2010: The Flying Dutchman May 1-30 2010: Maria StuardaMay 9-29 2010: Idomeneo Johannes Debus will be the next music director of the Canadian Opera Company, starting…
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The schedule for the Spoleto Festival in Charleston was announced. Gustave Charpentier's Louise will be performed from May 22 to June 9. Calendar of Events [PDF] | Official Site
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October 17-31 2009: La TraviataJanuary 16-30 2010: Il TrovatoreFebruary 27- March 13 2010: FalstaffMay 8-22 2010: Amelia Only four operas next season for Seattle Opera, as the Ring Cycle also to be presented this summer. The La Traviata is from San Francisco Opera, and will star Nuccia Focile and Eglise Gutiérrez sharing the role of…
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David Gockley confirmed that Peter Grimes, which was to be part of the 2009-2010 season at San Francisco Opera, is likely to be one of the casualties of the economic downturn, just as La Cieca reported yesterday. Gockley also promised to add "no sniffling" to the list of admonitions printed in the program. In related…
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The Met has canceled The Ghosts of Versailles next season and will have La Traviata instead. AP Article | Official Site
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David Gockley started off his talk by highlighting the various opera news stories of the week. Baltimore Opera and New York City Opera both have lost their heads, Opera Pacific has closed, and Washington National Opera is postponing their Ring. This last item is of especial importance to San Francisco Opera, as it is a…
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Before the talk began there was chatter about how a falling football damaged the principal bassoonist's bassoon during the evening's performance. Again, the economy was spoken of, and ticket sales have gone down starting with Idomeneo, though La Bohème is doing well, naturally. Nicola Luisotti is taking the helm as music director soon, and the plan is…
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