The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Plácido Domingo
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* Notes * Last night's performance of Die Walküre at the Met was more impressive than Das Rheingold. For the most part, the orchestra continued playing rather cleanly, though there was noticeable trumpet error in Act I. The singing in this act was especially strong. René Pape sounded very different as Hunding than as Fasolt the…
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September 7-14 2009: Linda di Chamounix September 15- October 1 2009: Don Carlo September 19- October 18 2009: Tristan und Isolde October 3 2009- June 26 2010: Carmen October 17-28 2009: L'Heure Espagnole /Gianni SchicchiOctober 30- November 14 2009: Artaxerxes November 20- December 8 2009: The Tsarina's Slippers December 7-22 2009: Der Rosenkavalier December 19…
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September 12-30 2009: L'Elisir d'AmoreSeptember 26- October 17 2009: SiegfriedNovember 21- December 1 2009: TamerlanoNovember 29- December 19 2009: Il barbiere di SivigliaApril 3-25 2010: Die GötterdämmerungApril 12-24 2010: Die GezeichnetenMay 29- June 26 2010: Der Ring des Nibelungen Nathan Gunn stars in L'Elisir with Rolando Villazón and in Il barbiere with Juan Diego Flórez and Joyce DiDonato.…
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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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A new production of Parsifal opened at Los Angeles Opera on Saturday, directed and designed by Robert Wilson of The Black Rider fame. The production itself is awful in every sense, being no less than pretentious, cold, and boring. The choreography involves a lot of lying on the ground, random angular arm movements that relate…
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