The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Adler Fellowship Program
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera's Medallion Society Luncheon was held yesterday at the Ritz-Carlton. George Hume, Sheri Greenawald, and David Gockley addressed the 660 people in attendance. Barbara K. Jackson was given the Spirit of the Opera Award. Adler Fellows Andrew Bidlack, Leah Crocetto, Dennis Doubin, Kenneth Kellogg, Austin Kness, David Lomelí, Heidi Melton, and Allen Perriello performed…
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The 13 Adler Fellows for 2009 were interviewed by Director of Music Administration Kip Cranna, San Francisco Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald, and Board of Directors Adler Committee Chairman I. Craig Henderson, M.D. yesterday evening, at Cowell Theater at Fort Mason. We learnt that Tamara Wapinsky just had a tonsillectomy a few weeks ago, that…
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* Notes * The Adler Fellows Gala Concert last night was rather Germanic, there were no arias from Verdi or Puccini at all, though the evening started with the overture from Les vêpres siciliennes. Andrew Bidlack was drowned out by the orchestra during Capriccio's "Verraten hab ich meine Gefühle," though Tamara Wapinsky sang well…
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The incoming 2009 Adler Fellows are Leah Crocetto, Renée Tatum, David Lomelí, Austin Kness, Dennis Doubin, and Allen Perriello. They join Heidi Melton, Tamara Wapinsky, Daveda Karanas, Daniela Mack, Andrew Bidlack, Alek Shrader, and Kenneth Kellogg. The outgoing Adlers are Ji Young Yang, Katharine Tier, Matthew Piatt, and Lara Bolton. Press Release [PDF] | Official…
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera's 35th Opera in the Park event was conductor Donald Runnicles' last as music director. The performance was delightful and the orchestra sounded lovely. The afternoon began with Korngold's music from the film Captain Blood. This music was played well, but it was a bit silly out of context. Various Adler…
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* Notes * The West Coast premiere of Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince was last night in Berkeley. Portman’s music is benign enough, quite light and pretty. The strongest point was the end of Act I, the lamplighter ensemble. It is not surprising the composer won an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1996…
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Houston Grand Opera‘s 2003 production of The Little Prince opens tomorrow at Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. The opera, by Rachel Portman, is in English, and the production is the work of Francesca Zambello. There are also two other operas based on Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince, Nikolaus Schapfl’s Der Kleine…
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera‘s Annual Meeting was held yesterday afternoon. Board of Directors President George H. Hume, General Director David Gockley, and CFO Michael Simpson all gave reports. Things seem to be going well, the endowment is up to $125 million from $45 million in 2002-2003, and though subscriptions are slightly down from…
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* Notes * Seven of the 2008 Adler Fellows gave a recital last night at Lincoln Theater in Yountville. The evening started off with the overture to Nicolai's Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, played by the Napa Valley Symphony. The winds and brass tended to be a bit rough and occasionally out of tune. Both…
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The winners this year are soprano Simone Osborne, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano Daveda Karanas, tenor René Barbera, and baritone Edward Parks. Press Release | Reuters Article | Official Site
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