The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Karita Mattila
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* Notes *My review of San Francisco Opera's Jenůfa up on KQED Arts. * Tattling * A very enthusiastic couple were in Row L Seats 13 and 15 of the orchestra level. At least one of them was crying during the performance and they were among the first to stand during the ovation. They screamed…
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* Notes *Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony recently recreated a 1808 concert at the Theater an der Wien of Beethoven works. The engaging performance on Saturday night lasted four hours and forty minutes with three intermissions and required a chorus, two different versions of the orchestra, seven vocal soloists, and a pianist. Undoubtedly…
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* Notes * The second performance of The Makropulos Case (Act III pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera) at the Met this season was held yesterday. The production, by Elijah Moshinsky, is fairly static. Some scene changes are made when only the orchestra is playing, and most of these are not strictly necessary, though…
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* Notes * A revival of Elijah Moshinsky's 1996 The Makropulos Case opened last night in New York. The performance marked the Met role debut of Karita Mattila (pictured left in Act III, photograph by Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera) as Emilia Marty. Mattila is somehow completely convincing as Marty, her voice is otherworldly and icily perfect.…
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* Notes * The third recital of the 2011-2012 vocal series at San Francisco Performances featured soprano Karita Mattila (pictured left, photograph by Lauri Eriksson) accompanied by pianist Martin Katz. Yesterday evening's performance started with Poulenc's Banalités, a set of five songs using texts by Apollinaire. The pieces did not readily relate to one another.…
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* Notes * The opening performance of San Francisco Opera’s The Makropulos Case was spectacular. The co-production with Finnish National Opera, from Frank Philipp Schlössmann, is stylish, the set design employs cross-hatching that recalls the work of Edward Gorey. The set is on a quiet turntable that was spun during the first overture. The use…
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September 10- December 5 2010: AidaSeptember 15- October 1 2010: WertherSeptember 21- October 22 2010: Le Nozze di FigaroOctober 12- November 27 2010: Madama ButterflyOctober 24- November 12 2010: Cyrano de BergeracNovember 10-28 2010: The Makropulos CaseJune 14-July 3 2011: Der Ring des Nibelungen Dolora Zajick shares the role of Amneris with Guang Yang. Plácido…
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September 26 2009- January 29 2010: ToscaOctober 5- November 7 2009: FaustOctober 27- November 23 2009: ErnaniNovember 22- Deceumber 12 2009: Katya KabanovaDecember 5 2009- January 16 2010: The Merry WidowJanuary 23- February 22 2010: L'Elisir d'AmoreFebruary 20- March 17 2010: La Damnation de FaustFebruary 28- March 27 2010: Le Nozze di Figaro René Pape and Kyle Ketelsen share the…
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The Met's simulcast of Salomé this Saturday will not show Karita Mattila nude in the Dance of the Seven Veils. LA Times Article | Met Live in HD
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October 4-20 2008: TieflandNovember 11-30 2008: Le nozze di FigaroDecember 23 2008- January 14 2009: Simon BoccanegraJanuary 3-10 2009: El retablo de Maese PedroFebruary 3-15 2009: L'incoronazione di PoppeaMarch 17- April 18 2009: Die Meistersinger von NürnbergApril 20- May 2 2009: La cabeza del BautistaMay 18- June 2 2009: FidelioJune 19- July 7 2009: SalomeJuly…
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