The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
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* Notes * The Pearl Fishers (Act I with James Callon and Zachary Altman, photograph by P. Kirk) opened the 2012-2013 season at Opera San José over the weekend. Sunday’s performance gave a compelling case for this opera, which is so much less popular than Bizet’s Carmen. Maestro Anthony Quartuccio had the orchestra going at…
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September 27- October 31 2008: ManonOctober 6- November 4 2008: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesNovember 7-30 2008: LuluNovember 18- December 19 2008: Porgy and BessDecember 13 2008- January 29 2009: Madama Butterfly January 19- February 28 2009: Tristan und IsoldeFebruary 14- March 27 2009: Cavalleria Rusticana/PagliacciMarch 2-28 2009: Die Entführung aus dem Serail Lyric Opera of…
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November 8-16 2008: Madama ButterflyFebruary 14-20 2008: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesApril 25- May 3 2009: Così fan Tutte Opera Colorado opens next season with San Francisco Opera's production of Madama Butterfly. Former Adler and Sri Lankan American Sean Panikkar sings Nadir in Les Pêcheurs de Perles. This production is the San Diego one that has…
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September 13- October 5 2008: La TraviataSeptember 20- October 7 2008: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesNovember 1-17 2008: Lucrezia BorgiaNovember 8-19 2008: CarmenNovember 21- 22 2008: Petite Messe SolennelleMarch 21- April 6 2009: Peter GrimesMay 2-17 2009: SiegfriedMay 16- June 4 2009: Turandot Renée Fleming has her WNO debut in Lucrezia Borgia. Denyce Graves sings the…
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Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles had its Sri Lankan premiere yesterday at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo. Benjamin Levy conducted Patricia Panton's production. The opera will be performed again tomorrow. Cast and Production Team | Press Release | BBC Article
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August 2-23 2008: AidaAugust 16 2008: International Wagner CompetitionOctober 18- November 1 2008: ElektraJanuary 10-24 2009: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesFebruary 21- March 7 2009: Bluebeard's Castle and ErwartungMay 2-16 2009: Le Nozze di Figaro I may avoid Aida, as Andrea Gruber is in the title role, and her vibrato is overwhelming. I am not terribly…
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January 26- February 3 2008: TannhäuserFebruary 16-24 2008: Maria StuardaMarch 22- April 2 2008: Cavalleria Rusticana/PagliacciApril 12-23 2008: AidaMay 3-11 2008: Les Pêcheurs de Perles Press Release
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The joint San Diego Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre production of Les Pêcheurs de Perles might have been pleasant, despite its absurd Orientalist plot, unsynchronized dancing (courtesy of the San Francisco Ballet), and lurid set, but in the end it is Bizet who lets us down. One should not end one's opera by sending away…
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