The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Anna Netrebko
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* Notes * Don Pasquale had its 133rd performance at the Metropolitan Opera on Friday night. From what I could see at Score Desk 2, the sets and costumes, designed by Rolf Langenfass, were entirely traditional. One can only imagine Otto Schenk's 2006 production was likewise. The orchestra sounded lucid under James Levine. The trumpet solo…
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What follows is a piece about Manon at Covent Garden from Miss LCU, the second of three segments from her European holiday. * Tattling * I saw Manon at Covent Garden on July 7th and it is now September. Clearly, I am delinquent with my reporting duties. It does not seem to make sense at this point…
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Anna Netrebko has canceled her performances of La Traviata at the Met during the 2010-2011 season. She will be replaced by soprano Marina Poplavskaya. AP Article | Official Site
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Production Web Site | Press Photographs Final Dress Rehearsal: Civic Center Reviews of the First Cast: The Opera Tattler | Not For Fun Only | Out West Arts | Examiner.com | San Jose Mercury | San Francisco Examiner | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Francisco Chronicle | Associated Press Reviews of the Second Cast: The Opera…
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* Notes * Marta Domingo's "Jazz Age" production of La Traviata opened at San Francisco Opera last night. The performance marked the long-awaited return of Anna Netrebko to the War Memorial stage, as she was last here four years ago, singing Musetta in La Bohème. Netrebko did not disappoint as Violetta, her sound is rich and…
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Anna Netrebko is to be replaced by Ailyn Pérez for the July 1st performance of La Traviata at San Francisco Opera. Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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October 2 2008- July 24 2009: Macbeth October 4-11 2008: Das Gehege / Salome October 5 2008- July 13 2009: Norma October 19-25 2008: Die Bassariden October 23- November 2 2008: Eugene Onegin November 1-6 2008: Die Entführung aus dem Serail November 8 2008- May 21 2009: Der fliegende Holländer November 10 2008- January 31…
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"And in Germany sometimes they make productions look ugly." Interview [PDF] | Official Site
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Vienna's 52nd Opera Ball featured a footballet and a performance by José Carreras. It was the first time Desiree "Desi" Treichl-Stürgkh organized the ball, which was attended by several football stars in honor of the European Championships to be held in Austria and Switzerland this summer. Other guests included Teri Hatcher, Dita von Teese, Bianca…
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September 5-27 2008: Simon BoccanegraSeptember 6 2008: Angela Gheorghiu in ConcertSeptember 13- October 3 2008: The Bonesetter's DaughterSeptember 23- October 12 2008: Die Tote StadtOctober 15-31 2008: IdomeneoOctober 15-November 15 2008: Boris GodunovOctober 29- November 26 2008: L'Elisir d'AmoreNovember 16- December 7 2008: La BohèmeDecember 11-14 2008: Three DecembersJanuary 10, 2009: Salvatore Licitra in ConcertMay…
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