The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Painfully Absurd
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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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The opera u, in the constructed language Klingon, premieres at the Zeebelt Theater in Den Hague on September 9th. Wired Article | Zeebelt Official Site
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A couple of years ago Martin Bernheimer wrote a piece entitled "Critics in a hostile world" for the Financial Times, blaming the Interwebs for killing off newspapers. Up until that point, I had not thought much about bloggers taking the place of professional music critics. Of course, anyone can start a blog. There are loads of…
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Houston Grand Opera will premiere Across the Face of the Moon, a mariachi opera, on November 13, 2010. Official Site | Broadway World
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San Francisco Opera and Classical 102.2 KDFC are having competition for who is to sing the "Star-Spangled Banner" at the simulcast of Aida this September. Video submissions can be uploaded to KDFC's Web site from July 6 to 25, and listener voting takes place from August 16 to 29. A panel of celebrity judges will…
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* Notes * This year's Day at Merola was Tuesday, beginning with a lunch in Lower Level Café of the War Memorial Opera House. A couple of members of the Opera Standees Association who are also sponsors of tenor Alexander Lewis kindly invited me to join their table. Mr. Lewis conversed with us about how he…
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San Francisco Opera's Facebook page has photographs of the contestants for the Ring costume contest that occurred on Sunday. If you "like" San Francisco Opera on Facebook, you may even vote for your favorite costume. Whichever photo gets the most "likes" by Friday at 12 pm will win a production photo from Die Walküre signed by…
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Henry Purcell's "When I am laid in Earth," from Act III of Dido and Aeneas, has been named the UK's favorite aria, based on a BBC poll. BBC News | Radio 3 Breakfast Show
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San Francisco Opera is holding a costume contest today before the matinée performance of Die Walküre. The contest involves dressing up as characters from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. The judges include David Gockley, Kristina Flanagan, Christopher Verdosci, and Terri Stuart. The potential for utter ridiculousness seems pretty high here. Though sophisticates such as John…
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The LA Times reports that tenor John Treleaven (Siegfried) and soprano Linda Watson (Brünnhilde) do not seem to enjoy Achim Freyer’s production of the Ring at Los Angeles Opera. The first cycle opens May 29th. LA Times | Ring Festival LA | LA Opera
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