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Category: Ewa Podleś

  • La fille du régiment at San Diego Opera

    * Notes * San Diego Opera's 2013 season opened with La fille du régiment last night. The production, directed by Emilio Sagi, is set in France during the final days of World War II, rather than in 19th century Swiss Tyrol. This made the sung or spoken text go against the super-titles at times. Otherwise, Sagi…

  • Il Trittico at SF Opera

    * Notes * Il Trittico opened at San Francisco Opera last night with Patricia Racette singing all three of the major soprano roles. The production, directed by James Robinson, is clean and simple. Allen Moyer's sets are unostentatious, the three are not tied together in an obvious way, yet still look like they match each other. Patrick…

  • Opera in the Park 2009

    * Notes * San Francisco Opera's Opera in the Park performance this year was rather charming. Incoming Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducted with great enthusiasm, and to begin he faced the audience for the National Anthem and conducted us. Both the overture to La Forza del Destino and the intermezzo to Manon Lescaut sounded grand and…

  • Ewa Podleś Withdraws from Ariodante

    Lisa Hirsch points out that Ewa Podleś has withdrawn from San Francisco Opera’s Ariodante. It was to be her San Francisco Opera debut. Podleś has been replaced by Sonia Prina. Press Release [PDF] | Ariodante

  • The Atlanta Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    October 7-12 2008: Madama ButterflyNovember 15-23 2008: La CenerentolaJanuary 23-25 2009: AkhnatenFebruary 28- March 8 2009: Il TrovatoreApril 25- May 3 2008: Die fliegende Holländer Ewa Podleś is singing Azucena in Il Trovatore. Official Site

  • Giulio Cesare at Seattle Opera

    * Notes * Händel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto opened for the first time in Seattle late last month. The production came from Florida Grand Opera and featured a great deal of dancing, choreographed by Donald Byrd. It was a bit loud and distracting at times. Paul Steinberg set had the effect of a pop-up book,…

  • Cesare

    The Met production of Händel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto opened at San Diego Opera last Saturday. This production was in San Francisco in 2002, so I was familiar with both the music and the staging. This was somewhat unfortunate, as it started off badly, Ewa Podleś, in the lead role, was ahead of the orchestra.…

  • Der Ring des Nibelungen at Seattle Opera

    Seattle Opera is especially dedicated to the works of Richard Wagner. The founder of this opera company, Glynn Ross, apparently adored Wagner at a time in which his works were generally neglected by most American opera houses. Seattle Opera has built its reputation on staging Wagner in a traditional manner, a reaction to the ultra-minimalism…