The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Eugene Brancoveanu
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* Notes * Former General Director Lotfi Mansouri’s production of Die Fledermaus was revived this season at San Francisco Opera and ends its run this Friday. Wolfram Skalicki’s trompe-l’œil sets are reminiscent of Edward Gorey drawings. Thierry Bosquet’s costumes are 19th century and suit the operetta. Peggy Hickey’s choreography was a bit on the dull…
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* Notes * A Washington National Opera production of Un Ballo in Maschera opened the new season in San Francisco under the direction of Gina Lapinski. Entirely traditional in set and costume design, it was a spectacle quite pleasing to the eye with much Louis XIV splendor. There are six scenes but only one intermission,…
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