The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Painfully Absurd
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Werner Herzog has made a short film that features "O soave fanciulla" from La bohème and footage from south-west Ethiopia. Telegraph Article
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William Friedkin will not direct the opera An Inconvenient Truth. NY Times Article
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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
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The rules:1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog. I was tagged by Extatic of Pêcheurs de perles.2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog – some random, some weird.3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.4.…
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Dear Americans, please keep the cupcakes happy and go vote.
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Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman bought $500,000 worth of prime orchestra seat tickets for Doctor Atomic at the Met. These tickets will be resold for $30 apiece. The opera opens on Monday. Press Release | Official Site
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New York City Opera has commissioned a new work, entitled The Perfect American, from Philip Glass. To be performed during the 2012-2013 season and based on Peter Stephan Jungk's novel Der König von Amerika, the opera is about Walt Disney. AP Article | Press Release
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Apparently Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, and Patricia Racette sang "Nessun dorma" at the Domingo Gala last night. One can imagine Susie or Pat in a tuxedo, but Debbie looks pretty smart there as well. AP Article | Official Site
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Opera Australia's music director Richard Hickox denies that nepotism has anything to do with his wife, mezzo-soprano Pamela Helen Stephen, being cast in lead roles for the opera company. Article in The Australian | Official Site
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Céline Dion auditioned for Kent Nagano in Berlin last June, and apparently he recommended Renata Scotto as a voice teacher. Nagano and the Montréal Symphony Orchestra are to perform with Ms. Dion at some point, and the program is reportedly operatic. The Montréal Gazette Article | L'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
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