The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: San Francisco Opera
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Production Web Site | SF Opera's Ring Blog Reviews of San Francisco Opera's Siegfried (Jay Hunter Morris as Siegfried and Nina Stemme as Brünnhilde pictured left, photo by Cory Weaver) are coming in, and it certainly makes for interesting reading. Performance Reviews: Financial Times | Not For Fun Only | The Reverberate Hills | San…
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* Notes * Francesca Zambello's production of Siegfried (pictured left, photo by Cory Weaver) opened today at San Francisco Opera. Though this opera is nearly 4 hours of music, it breezed by this afternoon. The orchestra was luminious under Donald Runnicles. The brass was warm with only a bit of haziness, and most of the horn…
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* Notes * The final dress rehearsal of San Francisco Opera's Siegfried (Act I pictured left, photo by Cory Weaver) was last Thursday. There was a little roughness in the brass, but the orchestra generally sounded quite pretty under Maestro Runnicles. The production is consistent with both Das Rheingold and Die Walküre. There were some…
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The pictured poster in our May 26th story on Michael Schwab's Ring Cycle at San Francisco Opera was an early unreleased version. It has been updated to the correct one. Our apologies.
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Graphic artist Michael Schwab has created a poster for San Francisco Opera's upcoming Ring Cycle. Press Release | SF Opera's Official Ring Site | Michael Schwab's Official Site
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Elizabeth Bishop (pictured left, photo by Sasha Vasiljev) will sing Fricka in Der Ring des Nibelungen at San Francisco Opera this Summer. She replaces Larissa Diadkova, who has withdrawn for personal reasons. Bishop recently sang two performances of the title role in Iphigénie en Tauride at the Metropolitan Opera, replacing an ailing Susan Graham. Press…
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San Francisco Opera's General Director David Gockley has renewed his contract for 5 more years, and will leave the position in 2016. Nicola Luisotti will remain as Music Director until at least that time as well. SF Chronicle | SF Opera's Official Site
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Jay Hunter Morris will sing the title role of Siegfried at San Francisco Opera this Summer. He replaces Ian Storey, who is still to sing the role of Siegfried in Götterdämmerung. Storey has been recovering from illness over recent months. Press Release | SF Opera’s Ring
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San Francisco Opera's 87th season started on September 11, 2009 and finished on July 2, 2010. Nine operas were performed in 63 performances. The Company concluded Fiscal Year 2009-10 (FY 10) with a deficit of $1,553,608 on an annual operating budget of $65,251,246. Total operating revenue went from $34,043,999 in FY 09 to $27,113,297 in…
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September 9- November 25 2011: Turandot September 10-30 2011: Heart of a SoldierSeptember 23- October 11 2011: Lucrezia BorgiaOctober 15- November 10 2011: Don GiovanniOctober 30- November 19 2011: SerseNovember 6- December 4 2011 CarmenJune 8- July 3 2012: Nixon in China June 12- July 1 2012: Attila June 13 – July 8 2012: The…
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