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Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Rigoletto
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* Notes * A new season of opened at San Francisco Opera with a brilliantly played Rigoletto last night. Maestra Eun Sun Kim had the orchestra sounding beautifully clear and there was much gorgeous and evocative singing. This 1997 production is inspired by the italian painter Giorgio de Chirico. The set, from Michael Yeargan, is simple…
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* Notes * Rigoletto opened at Opera San José last weekend, but I attended the fourth performance, today's matinée. The opera was very moving. Dan Wallace Miller's production has the title character with a large scar on the right side of his face, rather than a spinal deformity, while the Duke has pox on his…
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Production Web Site | SF Opera's Blog Reviews of San Francisco Opera's Rigoletto (Act I Scene 1 pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) praise Quinn Kelsey in the title role. Performance Reviews: San Francisco Chronicle | San Francisco Examiner | San Francisco Classical Voice
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* Notes * A second performance of San Francisco Opera's Rigoletto was held on Saturday. The cast had three different members: Marco Vratogna (Rigoletto), Albina Shagimuratova (Gilda), and Arturo Chacón-Cruz (The Duke of Mantua). Chacón-Cruz was not consistent, he was rather hard to hear with the chorus in the first scene, but improved in the second…
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* Notes * The 90th season of San Francisco Opera got off to a fine start last night with Rigoletto, at least once opening night formalities were out of the way. Though not exactly precise, the orchestra bustled with enthusiasm, and Maestro Nicola Luisotti kept the music moving. The chorus sang with characteristic vigor. This revival…
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* Notes * Saturday evening's Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera was a study in extremes. On one hand, Diana Damrau gave a revelatory performance, her Gilda ranged from giddily sweet to utterly devastating. She inhabited the character with complete conviction. Her "Caro nome" was incredible. On the other hand, our Duke, Giuseppe Filianoti, left much…
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* Notes * Rigoletto opened at Los Angeles Opera last night. San Francisco Opera's production, designed by Michael Yeargan and directed by Mark Lamos, takes inspiration from the painter Giorgio de Chirico. The stage looked clean, and Mark McCullough's lighting was effective in defining the various spaces, but garish at times. Constance Hoffman's attractive costumes…
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January 24- February 4 2009: ToscaFebruary 14-22 2009: Don QuixoteMarch 28- April 8 2009: RigolettoApril 18-26 2009: Peter GrimesMay 9-20 2009: Madama Butterfly Perhaps I should take my mother to the Madama Butterfly in San Diego next year, instead of the Los Angeles production this Fall, as the stage direction will undoubtedly be more conservative.…
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October 11-19 2008: RigolettoNovember 15-23 2008: The MikadoJanuary 17-25 2009: L'Elisir d'AmoreFebruary 21- March 1 2009: Don GiovanniMarch 26- April 5 2009: Tosca Stephanie Blythe sings in The Mikado and Twyla Robinson sings Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. 2008-2009 Season Site | Official Site
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October 17- November 1 2008: Cavalleria Rusticana/PagliacciOctober 30- November 14 2008: Beatrice and BenedictJanuary 23- February 6 2009: A Midsummer Night's DreamJanuary 30- February 6 2009: Chorus!April 17- May 2 2009: RigolettoMay 1-9 2009: Brief Encounter Next season, Elizabeth Futral and Nathan Gunn sing in the world premiere of André Previn's Brief Encounter. Dolora Zajick…
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