The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: News
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The rest of Opera Pacific's 2008-2009 season has been canceled, and there are no plans for next season. OC Register Article | LA Times Article
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Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman bought $500,000 worth of prime orchestra seat tickets for Doctor Atomic at the Met. These tickets will be resold for $30 apiece. The opera opens on Monday. Press Release | Official Site
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George Steel is assuming the post of general director at the Dallas Opera on October 1st. Steel has been the executive director at Columbia University's Miller Theatre since 1997. Press Release [PDF] | Biography
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The oldest opera score in English, a translation of Cavalli's Erismena, has been barred from export by the UK Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism Margaret Hodge. The manuscript must stay in the country until January of next year. Press Release from the DCMS | Telegraph Article
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The winners include John Adams, Natalie Dessay, Renée Fleming, Marilyn Horne, and Sherrill Milnes. Press Release
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Damon Albarn’s Monkey: Journey to the West finished a short run at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden from July 23rd to 26th. The work is in Mandarin but was first performed last year in Manchester, and has since appeared at the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Spoleto Festival USA. Reviews of ROH Performances: Daily…
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Soprano Marnie Breckenridge has been released from her contract to sing Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Festival Opera next month. She will be replaced by former Meronlina Ani Maldjian. Breckenridge will cover the role of Sierva Maria in Love and Other Demons at Glyndebourne. News Blaze Article | Festival Opera Official Site
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Opening night tickets for Don Giovanni at Covent Garden will be only available to readers of The Sun. BBC Article | Royal Opera House | The Sun
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Composer Ned Rorem has withdrawn from Little Nemo in Slumberland, which was to have a world premiere at the Sarasota Youth Opera on May 8, 2009. Herald Tribune Article | Sarasota Opera
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The Met’s sputnik chandeliers are being dismantled and repaired this summer. Lobmeyr director Hans Harald Rath designed these chandeliers for the opening of the Met at Lincoln Center in 1966. Article in the New York Times | Slide Show | The History of Lobmeyr | Lobmeyr’s Official Site | The Metropolitan Opera’s Official Site
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