The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Renée Fleming
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September 13- October 5 2008: La TraviataSeptember 20- October 7 2008: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesNovember 1-17 2008: Lucrezia BorgiaNovember 8-19 2008: CarmenNovember 21- 22 2008: Petite Messe SolennelleMarch 21- April 6 2009: Peter GrimesMay 2-17 2009: SiegfriedMay 16- June 4 2009: Turandot Renée Fleming has her WNO debut in Lucrezia Borgia. Denyce Graves sings the…
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* Notes * The Met's simulcast of Hansel and Gretel aired today. The production, by Richard Jones, is new to the Met and opened on Christmas Eve. Created for Welsh National Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago, the staging is rather dark. Act I is nearly all grey, Act II takes place in an oppressive…
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* Notes * Last Saturday's matinee of Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera was sold out, but was broadcast in movie theatres in seven countries. The production was done by Robert Carsen, with sets and costumes by Michael Levine. The sets were rather minimal, the first half has a bunch of autumnal leaves on the…
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Wadsworth production of Händel's Rodelinda opened at the Met on Tuesday, May 2, 2006. I was surprised that Thomas Lynch's set was so beautiful, since his Lohengrin was reminiscent of IKEA, though admittedly, his Ring set for Seattle was gorgeous. The library set was particularly impressive to the audience, which gasped when it was revealed…
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