The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Los Angeles Opera
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* Notes * A Los Angeles Opera co-production of Verdi's Otello with Opéra de Monte-Carlo and Teatro Regio di Parma opened yesterday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The production, directed by John Cox and designed by Johan Engels, involved three boxes, and thus instantly reminded me of the Macbeth lately at San Francisco Opera. Fortunately,…
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Bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch (Seth Brundle) and tenor David Curry (Stathis Borans) have been cast in The Fly, which will have its world premiere at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris this July. The Globe and Mail Article | Théâtre du Châtelet Site | LA Opera Site
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* Notes * A few weeks before I was to catch the last performance of Tannhäuser in Los Angeles, I received an alarming postcard from the opera warning that viewer discretion was advised as there was nudity, sexual content, and strong language in the production. The bacchanalia was explicit, though watching scrawny ballet dancers prance…
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* Notes * Soprano Angela Gheorghiu gave a concert in Los Angeles last Saturday. The program was divided into a French section and an Italian section, there was much Gounod, Massenet, and Puccini. The orchestra played several overtures, some interspersed with the arias to give Gheorghiu time to rest or change outfits. Gheorghiu’s technique is…
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September 8- October 6 2007: FidelioSeptember 27- October 13 2007: JenůfaNovember 24- December 15 2007: Don Giovanni November 25- December 16 2007: La BohèmeJanuary 19- February 10 2008: Tristan und IsoldeFebruary 16- March 9 2008: OtelloFebruary 17- March 8 2008: Der Zwerg / Der zerbrochene KrugMay 17- June 21 2008: ToscaJune 7-28 2008: La Rondine…
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* Notes * Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea was performed at Los Angeles Opera from November 25th to December 16th this year. I had the opportunity to attend the penultimate performance in the Grand Circle. All in all, the experience was moving. The music is amazing and the production did not detract from it. Harry Bicket…
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Los Angeles Opera has a podcast. Press Release [PDF]| Podcast Web Site
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A new production of Parsifal opened at Los Angeles Opera on Saturday, directed and designed by Robert Wilson of The Black Rider fame. The production itself is awful in every sense, being no less than pretentious, cold, and boring. The choreography involves a lot of lying on the ground, random angular arm movements that relate…
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The current Los Angeles Opera production of Pagliacci is surprisingly good, especially when one considers the opera company is a mere 20 years old. Franco Zeffirelli brought the staging into the 20th century, the set was urban, the costumes were fit for a disco, but there was also a roller blader, so a bit of…
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