The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Adler Fellowship Program
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* Notes * Kent Nagano's 30th season as music director of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra will be his last, and the search for his replacement is on. Over this season and the next there will be a total of six guest conductors, one of which may emerge as the next music director. The first of…
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Carolina Castells, soprano from Miami, FloridaSimone Osborne, soprano from Vancouver, British ColumbiaJennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano from St. Louis, MissouriDaveda Karanas, mezzo-soprano from Mandeville, LouisianaDominic Armstrong, tenor from Kirksville, MissouriRené Barbera, tenor from San Antonio, TexasChristopher Magiera, baritone from Lake Forest, IllinoisEdward Parks, baritone from Indiana, PennsylvaniaStephen A. Ray, baritone from Sherwood, Arkansas The nine finalists will…
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November 7-18 2008: Les Contes d'HoffmannMarch 20-31 2009: RusalkaApril 24- May 5 2009: Don Giovanni Boston Lyric Opera's next season is nicely balanced. Former Adler Fellow Kimwana Doner sings Donna Elvira. Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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Current Adler Fellow Heidi Melton just sang the role of Amelia in Un Ballo en Maschera at the Opéra National de Bordeaux on Monday. Liberty County Times Article | Heidi's Biography | Production | Adler Fellows
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The seven new Adler Fellows for 2008 are Tamara Wapinsky, Daveda Karanas, Daniela Mack, Andrew Bidlack, Alek Shrader, Kenneth Kellogg, and Lara Bolton. They join current fellows Heidi Melton, Ji Young Yang, Katharine Tier, and Matthew Piatt. Daniela Mack will be singing at a Schwabacher Debut Recital on Sunday, April 6, 2008, as will Heidi…
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Yesterday David Gockley decided that Hope Briggs (pictured left) would not sing Donna Anna in the new production of Don Giovanni, which opens tomorrow. Instead, the current Adler Fellow Elza van den Heever (pictured right) will have her main stage debut as Donna Anna. Press Release [PDF]
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Alternate Cast of Carmen | Adler Concert
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* Notes * The Adler recital last night started off with the overture from Bernstein's Candide. This was followed by a most terrible butchering of Händel's Alcina Act III, Scenes 2 through 7. Soprano Elza van den Heever was a shrill, nasal, and gasping Alcina. Mezzo-soprano Kendall Gladen was cold and too quiet as Bradamante,…
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The four new Adler Fellows for 2007 are Heidi Melton, Ji Young Yang, Katharine Tier, and Noah Stewart. They join second year fellows Rhoslyn Jones, Melody Moore, Elza van den Heever, Kendall Gladen, Matthew O'Neill, Sean Panikkar, Jeremy Galyon, and Matthew Piatt. Press Release | SF Opera Adler Fellow Web Site
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Coloratura soprano Ruth Ann Swenson has breast cancer. Ms. Swenson is a favorite in San Francisco, where she had her 1983 debut as Despina in Così Fan Tutte as a second year Adler Fellow. She was last seen here as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro in June of this year. In the picture…
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