The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Nixon in China
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Production Web Site | SF Opera’s Blog Reviews of San Francisco Opera’s Nixon in China (Act I Scene 2 pictured left with Chen-Ye Yuan as Chou En-lai, Ginger Costa-Jackson as Nancy T’ang, Buffy Baggott as Second Secretary, Nicole Birkland as Third Secretary, Simon O’Neill as Mao Tse-tung, Patrick Carfizzi as Henry Kissinger, and Brian Mulligan…
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* Notes * A new production of Nixon in China had a Bay Area premiere at San Francisco Opera last night. Lawrence Renes conducted a crisp performance, and for the most part the singers were audible over the amplified orchestra. The amplification of the principals and eight members of the chorus made it difficult to gauge…
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Michael Schwab has created a poster for San Francisco Opera‘s upcoming Nixon in China. The opera has a Bay Area premiere on June 8, 2012. Schwab made a lovely poster last year for the Ring. The graphic artist will be signing his work at the San Francisco Opera shop on June 17, 2012, after the…
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* Notes * Though the fourth performance of Nixon in China at the Metropolitan Opera was simulcast yesterday, the Opera Tattler was nonetheless to be found in Family Circle standing room. While Adrianne Lobel’s set was streamlined and efficient, Peter Sellars direction seemed overblown. The dancing, choreographed by Mark Morris, was attractive. The lines were good,…
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Vancouver Opera is going with the trend programing of contemporary opera, as seen in Los Angeles and San Francisco of late. The second largest opera company in Canada is presenting Canadian premieres of Nixon in China and The Ghosts of Versailles in the 2011-2012 season. Globe and Mail Article | Official Site
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The Northern California premiere of Nixon in China has been canceled and Trinity Lyric Opera plans to present Robert Ward's The Crucible instead. Boosey & Hawkes rescinded the performance license mistakenly given to Trinity Lyric Opera. Press Release
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Trinity Lyric Opera announced a staged version of John Adams' Nixon in China, performed on July 18-27 2008 at the Castro Valley Center for the Arts.
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