The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: San Francisco Opera
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* Notes * Live performance returned to the War Memorial stage with San Francisco Opera's Tosca (Act I with Ailyn Pérez as Tosca and Michael Fabiano as Cavaradossi pictured left; photograph by Cory Weaver) last weekend, and I managed to get to the second outing yesterday night. The cast is vivid and strong, as is the…
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August 21- September 5 2021: ToscaSeptember 10 2021: Homecoming Concert with Eun Sun KimOctober 14-30 2021: FidelioNovember 21- December 3 2021: Così fan tutteJune 4- July 2 2022: Don Giovanni June 14- July 3 2022: Dream of the Red Chamber General Director Matthew Shilvock announced the 2021-2022 season for San Francisco Opera today. Press Release | Official Site
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Today San Francisco Opera announced the July offerings for free streaming. The Opera Is On program includes Janáček's Jenůfa (pictured, photograph by Cory Weaver) from 2016, Berlioz's Les Troyens from 2015, Strauss' Elektra from 2017, and Verdi's Luisa Miller from 2015. Press Release | Opera Is On
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera presented a delightful drive-in version of The Barber of Seville (pictured, photograph by Stefan Cohen) at Marin Center starting last Friday. The new production from director Matthew Ozawa is bold and fun. Maestro Roderick Cox made a fine debut conducting the 18 members of a mostly masked and socially-distanced orchestra…
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Today San Francisco Opera announced the April offerings for free streaming. The Opera Is On program includes Donizetti's Don Pasquale (pictured, photograph by Cory Weaver) from 2016, the Getty and Debussy double bill of The Fall of the House of Usher from 2015, and Verdi's Don Carlo from 2016. Press Release | Opera Is On
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San Francisco Opera returns to live performance this April with Il barbiere di Siviglia in an outdoor drive-in production at the Marin Center in San Rafael. The performances star Lucas Meachem (pictured, photograph by Simon Pauly) as Figaro, Daniela Mack and Laura Krumm sharing the role of Rosina, and Alek Shrader as Almaviva. There will…
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera presented Tosca (Adrianne Pieczonka in the title role and Lado Ataneli as Scarpia, photograph by Cory Weaver) at Fort Mason Flix last weekend. The 2009 performance is not the latest production, but the previous one from 1997 for the War Memorial's reopening. The orchestra, conducted by Marco Armiliato, sounded vivid.…
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San Francisco Opera has rescheduled Puccini's Tosca on February 12 and 13 at the Fort Mason Flix Drive-In. The 2009 production starring Adrianne Pieczonka (pictured with Carlo Ventri as Cavaradossi and Joel Sorensen as Spoletta, photograph by Cory Weaver) in the title role was orignally set for December 11 and 12 but was cancelled because…
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San Francisco Opera continues its streaming program Opera Is On with Verdi's La Traviata (pictured, photograph by Cory Weaver) from 2014 this weekend on January 30 to 31. From this production tenor Stephen Costello, soprano Nicole Cabell, and assistant stage director Shawna Lucey will be interviewed live on Friday, January 29 at 1pm. One can…
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San Francisco Opera presents Puccini's La Bohème on November 20 and 22 at the Fort Mason Flix Drive-In, followed by Tosca on December 11 and 12. The 2008 production of Bohème stars Piotr Beczala and Angela Gheorghiu as Rodolfo and Mimì, the Tosca is from 2009 and stars Adrianne Pieczonka. Press Release | Official Site
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