The Opera Tattler

Reviews of Performances and their Audiences

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Category: Opera in Film

  • Tosca and Milk

    Hardly on the ball here, but The Opera Tattler puzzled to see mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook in the role of Tosca in the movie Milk. One supposes it would be even weirder if she had been actually singing. Cathy Cook’s Official Site | Milk

  • Gluck and Slumdog Millionaire

    * Notes * The Opera Tattler was quite caught off guard by the performance of Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice in Slumdog Millionaire. Otherwise, this rather predictable film was nice to look at, like a prettily wrapped present. Good triumphs over evil, love conquers all, but not without the help of both fame and money. *…

  • Werner Herzog and La bohème

    Werner Herzog has made a short film that features "O soave fanciulla" from La bohème and footage from south-west Ethiopia. Telegraph Article

  • Tosca and 007

    The Opera Tattler was quite shocked to see how poorly behaved certain audience members were at the Bregenzer Festspiele in the latest James Bond movie. Guardian UK Article | Official Site | Quantum of Solace

  • Meeting Venus Talk at WSNC

    * Notes * Last weekend the Wagner Society of Northern California had its first meeting of the year, featuring a talk by Professor Heather Hadlock based on a paper entitled "From 'beloved hall' to Evening Star: The televisual apotheosis of the diva in István Szabó's film Meeting Venus (1991)." Dr. Hadlock presented the paper last…