The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Joseph Calleja
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Tenor Joseph Calleja is not making his debut at San Francisco Opera after all. He has withdrawn from the three performances as Rodolfo in La Bohème he was scheduled for due to illness. He will be replaced by Marius Brenciu, who will be having his US debut with the performance on November 29. Press Release [PDF]…
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October 2 2008- July 24 2009: Macbeth October 4-11 2008: Das Gehege / Salome October 5 2008- July 13 2009: Norma October 19-25 2008: Die Bassariden October 23- November 2 2008: Eugene Onegin November 1-6 2008: Die Entführung aus dem Serail November 8 2008- May 21 2009: Der fliegende Holländer November 10 2008- January 31…
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September 8- October 4 2008: Don GiovanniSeptember 16-29 2008: La fanciulla del WestSeptember 23- October 10 2008: La CalistoOctober 11-18 2008: La BohèmeOctober 23- November 11 2008: Matilde di ShabranNovember 9-24 2008: ElektraNovember 25- December 13 2008: Les Contes d'HoffmannDecember 9 2008- January 1 2009: Hänsel und GretelDecember 22- January 23 2008: TurandotJanuary 20-31 2009:…
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* Notes * The Met's simulcast of Macbeth aired today. The production, by Adrian Noble, is new to the Met and opened October 22, 2007. Set after World War II, Mark Thompson's set and costumes are dark, lots of black, grey, olive, khaki. There were many leather jackets and machine guns, Banquo, for example, seemed…
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A new production of Verdi’s Macbeth opened at Seattle Opera on May 6th. The director was Bernard Uzan, his work on Tosca at San Francisco certainly was different. The Tosca production was pretty, but somewhat boring. This Macbeth is both ugly and boring. Robert Israel’s set was a silver room with three doors and a…
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