The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: News
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Composer Keith Burstein declared bankruptcy after running up legal fees of £67,000. Burstein attempted to sue the London Evening Standard because of an unfavorable review of his opera Manifest Destiny (Soprano Bernadette Lord as Leila pictured left in a production photo). Having read Veronica Lee’s 142-word review from August 15, 2005 (it is in the PDF below), I did…
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Wind-powered opera is forthcoming, as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Hazel Blears has approved Glyndebourne’s wind turbine. Press Statement | Official Site | Article in the Guardian UK
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Teatro Colón, which was closed in 2006 and was supposed to be ready in 2008, is to reopen in 2010. Article in The Economist | Official Site
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Robert LePage’s production of The Rake’s Progress is currently at Covent Garden. The reviews seem mixed, Rupert Christiansen found the production dull, but Warwick Thompson found it magical. I should have liked to hear John Relyea sing Nick Shadow, as I found James Morris a bit boring in that role last year. Richard Morrison’s Review in the…
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John McWhorter makes an argument for translated operas in this New York Sun article. Personally, I don’t particularly like supertitles either, especially ones in English for operas in English, but I do like hearing operas in the original language. To be fair, I do have the advantage of having studied German, Latin, and Spanish, though…
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William Friedkin will direct An Inconvenient Truth, the opera, which is to open on May 11, 2011 at La Scala. Variety Article
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This week’s The Economist has an article on Peter Gelb‘s simulcasts. San Francisco Opera and the Royal Opera House are also mentioned. I especially like these two sentences from the article: Opera purists are not at all happy about Mr Gelb’s foray into cinemas. They argue that opera was made to be seen live in opera houses and they…
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The July 7, 9, and 11 performances of La Bohème at La Scala have been canceled. Official Site | New York Times Article | AP Article
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Soprano Joan Sutherland broke the femurs of both her legs three weeks ago because of a fall in her garden. Sky News | The Australian
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The world premiere of Howard Shore’s The Fly happened last night at the Théâtre du Châtelet. The opera opens in the United States on September 7th at Los Angeles Opera. Official Site | Production Site for Théâtre du Chatelet | Production Site for LA Opera Reviews: Bloomberg | The Guardian UK | The Telegraph | IHT
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