The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Faust
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* Notes * My review of West Bay Opera's Faust is on San Francisco Classical Voice. * Tattling * There was light whispering during the first act. Watch alarms sounded at 9pm. Audience attrition was noticeable after each intermission.
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* Notes * Faust (Act II with Michael Dailey and Jouvanca Jean-Baptiste, photograph by P. Kirk) opened at Opera San José last night. The ambitious performance had some lovely points, but was, on the whole, rather scattershot. The orchestra, lead by David Rohrbaugh, sounded slightly lax. The overture was drawn out so that we could…
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* Notes * A new production of Faust, directed by Des McAnuff, opened at the Metropolitan Opera last night. Robert Brill’s set is pleasingly spare, and the twin spiral staircases were put to cunning use. The transitions from scene to scene were clean and simple, aided by lighting designer Peter Mumford and video designer Sean Nieuwenhuis.…
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* Notes * The opening performance of a Faust revival at San Diego Opera occurred last night. Seen last season in San Francisco, the sets and costumes were designed by Robert Perdziola, with lighting from Michael Whitfield. Apparently the production, owned by Lyric Opera of Chicago, was actually designed for Tancredi. In San Diego, it was…
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* Notes * Gounod’s Faust opened at San Francisco Opera last weekend. I had briefly entertained the idea of driving back from Southern California where I was seeing LA Opera’s Ring for this, but decided it would be too disruptive to both my schedule and state of mind. Even at Tuesday night’s performance, it was a bit…
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July 1- August 27 2011: FaustJuly 2- August 26 2011: La BohèmeJuly 16- August 19 2011: GriseldaJuly 23- August 25 2011: The Last SavageJuly 30- August 17 2011: Wozzeck Santa Fe just announced that their new chief conductor is Frederic Chaslin and what is coming up for the 2011 season. Bryan Hymel and Dimitri Pittas…
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* Notes * Festival Opera‘s production of Faust opened last Saturday at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek. The orchestra, under Michael Morgan, sounded jaunty all evening long, though there were some issues with the horns. The chorus did not fare quite as well, at times they lacked confidence, particularly the men’s chorus in…
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