The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: San Francisco Opera
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* Program * Rachmaninoff’s Prelude Op. 23 No. 5Robert Mollicone, piano Richard Rodgers’ “My Funny Valentine”David Hanlon, piano The end of Act I Scene 2 from Dead Man WalkingLaura Krumm, mezzo-soprano and David Hanlon, piano “Il core vi dono” from Così fan tutteLaura Krumm, mezzo-soprano, Ao Li, baritone, and Robert Mollicone, piano “Avant de quitter…
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera's Medallion Society Luncheon was held Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton. George Hume, the president of the San Francisco Opera Association welcomed the donors before they partook of a meal of cauliflower bisque, barbeque chicken, and pear cake. David Gockley presented Sylvia Lindsey (pictured left, photograph by Drew Altizer) with an…
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San Francisco Opera’s 88th season started on September 10, 2010 and finished on July 3, 2011. Ten operas were performed in 66 performances. The Company concluded Fiscal Year 2010-11 (FY 11) with a deficit of $1,801,417 on an operating budget of $71,094,620. Total operating revenue for FY 11 grew from $27,113,297 to $35,947,397, with income…
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September 7-30 2012: Rigoletto September 29- October 19 2012 I Capuleti e i MontecchiOctober 10- November 2 2012: Moby-DickOctober 20- November 9 2012: LohengrinNovember 15- December 2 2012: ToscaMarch 1-10 2013: The Secret Garden June 5- July 6 2013: Les Contes d'Hoffmann June 9- July 1 2013: Così fan tutteJune 19- July 7 2013: The…
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January 24 & 28: The Magic Flute February 28 & March 3: Otello March 27 & 31: SalomeMay 15 & 19: Il Trittico Sundance Kabuki Cinemas1881 Post StreetSan Francisco, CA 94115 The Sundance Kabuki Cinemas will screen San Francisco Opera productions on certain Tuesdays at 7:00 pm and Saturdays at 10:30 am.
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San Francisco Opera will announce the 2012-2013 season on January 17, 2012. San Francisco Opera | 2012-2013 Guesses
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The incoming 2012 Adler Fellows are Marina Boudart Harris, Laura Krumm, Renée Rapier, Joo Won Kang, and Robert Mollicone. They join current Adlers (pictured left, photograph by Scott Wall) Nadine Sierra, Brian Jadge, Ao Li, Ryan Kuster, and David Hanlon. Outgoing 2011 Adler Fellows are sopranos Leah Crocetto, Susannah Biller, Sara Gartland; mezzo-soprano Maya Lahyani;…
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San Francisco Opera's Serse (Michael Sumuel and Heidi Stober pictured in the first image below, Susan Graham and Lisette Oropesa pictured in the second; photographs by Cory Weaver) just finished a run of six performances last Saturday. 31. October 2011: Opening Media Round-Up 4. November 2011: From Orchestra Standing Room Opera Tattler Review 8. November…
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera‘s revival of Turandot (Susan Foster and Walter Fraccaro, in Act II pictured left, photograph by D. Ross Cameron/San Francisco Opera) returned for a second time this season with three new cast members and a fresh conductor yesterday evening. There were several synchronization problems between the singing and playing, and one…
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* Notes *Anita Rachvelishvili (pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) is singing five performances as the leading lady in Carmen at San Francisco Opera this month. Rachvelishvili has an arresting voice, resonant and earthy. Her pronunciation of French may have been imperfect, but she seemed fully committed to her role. Rachvelishvili never looked like she…
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