The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: San Francisco Opera
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Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes (pictured left, photo by Gene Nocon) created the production of Aida that opens San Francisco Opera's 88th season this Friday. She also designed the Les pêcheurs de perles seen here in 2005. Her Die Zauberflöte closes Seattle Opera's 2010-2011 season. The Opera Tattler and the Last Chinese Unicorn talked to Rhodes…
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The 37th annual Opera in the Park, San Francisco Opera’s yearly free event in Golden Gate Park, occurs on Sunday, September 12 at 1:30 pm. The singers featured in this year’s Opera in the Park include Micaela Carosi, Dolora Zajick and Marco Vratogna from the cast of Aida; Heidi Stober, Ramón Vargas and Brian Mulligan from the cast…
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Tenor David Lomelí (pictured left) is finishing up as an Adler at San Francisco Opera this Fall by covering the title role of Werther and singing the Messenger in Aida. He sings Edgardo in Pittsburgh Opera’s Lucia die Lammermoor this November, Alfredo at Deutsche Oper Berlin in December, Nemorino at New York City Opera in…
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San Francisco Opera's 2010-2011 season starts in less than a fortnight, and rehearsals are in full swing for Aida, Werther, and Le Nozze di Figaro. It seems like a good time to take a look back on the previous year. Last season started off with a glorious Il Trovatore, with Sondra Radvanovsky. Il Trittico also…
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Jennifer Lynch has been appointed Director of Development of San Francisco Opera, effective September 1. She succeeds Mary Powell, who is resigning from San Francisco Opera after seven years. Press Release | San Francisco Opera
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* Notes * One imagines the Adler Fellows for 2011 will not be announced until next month, but let us indulge in some rampant speculation about which of the Merolini are coming back to San Francisco next year. Since my opinion does not count for much, these guesses are not based on whom I personally enjoyed most,…
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* Notes * This year’s Merola Opera Program ended ten weeks of training with a Grand Finale last night at the War Memorial Opera House. Ted Huffman’s staging for the performance was not elaborate, using four cypress trees from Act IV of the Le Nozze di Figaro set, designed by Zach Brown. The costumes were…
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Merola’s Official Site | Public Performances Merola Grand Finale Reviews: The Opera Tattler | Not For Fun Only | Civic Center | SFCV | San Francisco Chronicle Jones Master Class: The Opera Tattler Vendice Master Class: The Opera Tattler L’elisir d’amore: Civic Center | Oboe Insight | Not For Fun Only | A Beast in…
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* Program * "Come dal ciel precipita" from MacbethKevin Thompson, bass and Michael Spassov, piano "Je suis encore toute étourdie" from ManonValentina Fleer, soprano and David Hanlon, piano "O du mein holder Abendstern" from TannhäuserAo Li, baritone and Jenna Douglas, piano "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amoreEleazar Rodríguez, tenor and Jenna Douglas, piano * Notes…
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* Program * "Caro nome" from RigolettoHye Jung Lee, soprano and Jenna Douglas, piano "Куда, куда вы удалились, весны моей златые дни" from Eugene OneginAlexander Lewis, tenor and Natalia Katyukova, piano "Ach, ich fühl's" from Die ZauberflöteJanai Brugger-Orman, soprano and Michael Spassov, piano "Aprite un po' quegli occhi" from Le Nozze di FigaroThomas Florio, bass-baritone…
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