The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Opéra national de Paris
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September 7- October 3 2012: Les Contes d’Hoffmann September 8-27 2012: Capriccio September 15- October 25 2012: Le Nozze di Figaro October 10-30 2012: The Rake’s Progress October 15- November 11 2012: La Fille du régiment October 23- November 20 2012: Tosca November 22 2012- March 25 2013: La Cenerentola December 4-29 2012: CarmenJanuary 22-…
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This haiku is the last of three pieces from Miss LCU's European holiday concerns Rossini's La donna del lago at Opéra national de Paris. The performance in question occurred on July 10, 2010 at Palais Garnier and starred Karine Deshayes as Elena opposite Javier Camarena as King James/Uberto. * Notes * Paris Opera in July…
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* Notes *Standing room at Opéra national de Paris is a fairly organized affair. I arrived at Opéra Bastille at around 4:30pm, asked where the standing room line was from the person at the information counter by the box office, and was directed to the main door. Outside near the gift shop door were four…
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* Notes *The opening of Don Carlo at Opéra national de Paris was a bit slapdash. Graham Vick's production had some attractive elements, but lost a lot of tension in the drama because of how slow scene changes were. This was not helped by the two intermissions for four acts. Tobias Hoheisel's costumes were ostentatious…
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* Notes *Wednesday's performance of Idomeneo at Palais Garnier had some beautiful singing. Tamar Iveri's Elettra could be strident and hysterical, without being ugly. Isabel Bayrakdarian (Ilia) does have quite a bit of vibrato at times, but her voice is pretty. Vesselina Kasarova certainly looked the role of Idamante, but her wobbly gasping was distracting.…
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Whilst looking at tickets for Opéra national de Paris I learnt that they do have standing room, but only at Opéra Bastille. The official site of the opera says that the tickets go on sale when the doors open, approximately 90 minutes before curtain up. This seems rather vague, as it does not say where…
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September 14- October 14 2009: Mireille September 17- October 2 2009: Wozzeck September 18 2009- April 23 2010: Il Barbiere di Siviglia October 3-17 2009: Die Tote Stadt October 10-25 2009: L'elisir d'Amore October 29- November 29 2009: La Bohème November 7- December 1 2009: Salome December 2-30 2009: Platée December 3-24 2009: Andrea Chénier January 14-…
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