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Category: Die Entführung aus dem Serail

  • Opera San José’s Entführung aus dem Serail

    * Notes *A winsome cast (Matthew Grills as Belmonte and Rebecca Davis as Konstanze pictured, photograph by Pat Kirk) opened the Opera San José 2018-2019 season with the delightful music of Die Entführung aus dem Serail yesterday night. Mozart's jaunty Singspiel is a joy to experience with the young soloists, the sprightly orchestra, and gorgeous…

  • SF Opera’s Entführung Media Round-Up

    Production Web Site | Press Photographs Performance Reviews: The Opera Tattler | Not For Fun Only | Civic Center | SFCV | San Francisco Chronicle With Silvestrelli: The Opera Tattler

  • Silvestrelli in Entführung

    * Notes * Andrea Silvestrelli replaced Peter Rose as Osmin in SF Opera's Die Entführung aus dem Serail last night. Silvestrelli has a lovely warm voice with a good heft, and a certain throaty quality. He was a bit quiet and creaky for that first low D in "O, wie will ich triumphieren," but he was…

  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail at SF Opera

    * Notes * Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) opened at San Francisco Opera yesterday evening. The production, designed by David Zinn, features an adorable 18th century theatre and lavish costumes. Director Chas Rader-Shieber did not use the set to its best advantage. There were some amusing moments, as when the…

  • Silvestrelli to Replace Rose

    Andrea Silvestrelli will replace Peter Rose as Osmin in SF Opera's Die Entführung aus dem Serail on September 29th. Press Release [PDF]| San Francisco Opera

  • Die Entführung at Komische Oper

    * Notes * Calixto Bieito's production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Komische Oper was absolutely the worst opera experience I have ever had. Perhaps I am just hopelessly prudish, but watching 135 minutes of violence, which for the most part was directed against females, was not what I had in mind. Things started…

  • The Minnesota Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 20 2008: Il TrovatoreNovember 1 2008: Die Entführung aus dem SerailJanuary 24 2009: FaustFebruary 28 2009: The Adventures of PinocchioApril 11 2009: Il Barbiere di Siviglia The Minnesota Opera's next season includes a U.S. premiere of Jonathan Dove's The Adventures of Pinocchio, some Mariinsky stars, and Paul Groves as Faust. Star Tribune Article |…

  • Lyric Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 27- October 31 2008: ManonOctober 6- November 4 2008: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesNovember 7-30 2008: LuluNovember 18- December 19 2008: Porgy and BessDecember 13 2008- January 29 2009: Madama Butterfly January 19- February 28 2009: Tristan und IsoldeFebruary 14- March 27 2009: Cavalleria Rusticana/PagliacciMarch 2-28 2009: Die Entführung aus dem Serail Lyric Opera of…

  • Tausendundeine Nacht, aber nicht.

    Die Entführung aus dem Serail is one of my favorite operas, though in truth, this is more due to my familiarity with the music than anything else. Not to say that Mozart is not incredible, but it just happens that I have seen this opera more than any other, and knowing it this well only…

  • Trallalera, trallalera.

    I have a hard time understanding why a person, or a group of people, would feel the need to vocalize or clap at a television set. But I don’t even understand the need to clap before the music is finished at the opera just because the singing is done, as in after an aria, and…