The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Noah Stewart
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* Notes *My review of San Francisco Choral Society's Requiem by Verdi is up on San Francisco Classical Voice. * Tattling * The adolescent girl (who was there with her little brother and their mother) in front of me in Row H of the Orchestra level, had a seat for her purse that was full…
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Tenor Noah Stewart (pictured left, photograph by Mitch Jenkins) is singing the world premiere of Steven Stucky’s The Stars and the Roses with Berkeley Symphony this Thursday. How did you start singing?I first started singing when I needed extra school activities while at junior high school in New York City. I was drawn to a…
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* Notes * Festival Opera, the third largest opera company in the Bay Area, opened the 2008 season with Il Trovatore yesterday at the Hofmann Theatre. Giulio Cesare Perrone's production is straightforward, his set design is simple but evocative, only small changes are made for the different scenes. The only obvious weak point was in…
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* Notes * It was as expected, the audience at the Macbeth opening was, on the whole, discontent with the production and even booed the members of production team that dared to take bows. That is quite a feat, the last time I heard Americans boo at a production was five years ago at Alcina.…
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* Notes * Appomattox had its world premiere last Friday. I must confess I do not enjoy contemporary music, in fact, I am not overfond of many operas after Fidelio. This is ridiculous, given that this encompasses Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini. Setting that aside, I found Appomattox rather less challenging than Doctor Atomic, Le Grand…
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