The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Film in Opera
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* Notes * Yesterday West Edge Opera gave the West Coast premiere of Missy Mazzoli's compelling Breaking the Waves. The bleak plot based on the film by Lars von Trier makes for good theater and the singing was powerful, especially from the lead, soprano Sara LeMesh. Set in Scotland in the 1970s, the dark narrative concerns…
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Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami is staging Così Fan Tutte at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. The opera opens July 4th and closes July 19th. Press TV Article | Production Web Site
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Michael Haneke will direct Così fan Tutte at New York City Opera in 2012. His operatic debut was as director of Don Giovanni in 2006 at Opéra national de Paris. The Canadian Press Article | Guardian UK Article
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Diane Paulus is directing Olga Neuwirth's Lost Highway for ENO. The opera runs from April 4-11, 2008 at the Young Vic. The opera premiered in 2003 at the Helmut-List-Halle. Evening Standard Article | Production | ENO | Young Vic
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