The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: San Francisco Opera
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November 14-22 2008: Le Nozze Di FigaroDecember 5-13 2008: Die FledermausJanuary 23-21 2009: Roberto DevereuxFebruary 13-21 2009: La BohèmeMarch 6-14 2009: L'Italiana in Algeri James Valenti is having his Dallas Opera debut as Rodolfo. William Burden is singing Lindoro in L'Italiana in Algeri, in the production San Francisco Opera audiences saw in 2005, directed by…
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I've noticed a fair amount of people coming to this blog in search of San Francisco Opera's next season, which will be announced this week. Certainly we have some insight into the programming, Stewart Wallace's The Bonesetter's Daughter will have its world premiere, Qian Yi will be in the lead role with her San Francisco…
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Tenor Tito Beltrán goes on trial this Friday. Interestingly this article says that the singer performs regularly at San Francisco Opera, and I don't remember him at all. As it happens, I have heard him, at one of the six performances of L'Elisir d'Amore at SF Opera in 2000, as Nemorino. He also sang seven…
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Ruth Nott was appointed Director of Education at San Francisco Opera. Ms. Nott is leaving her position as director of programs at the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Press Release [PDF] | San Francisco Opera
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Following the Met‘s lead, San Francisco Opera and The Bigger Picture announced an agreement to bringing opera to movie theaters. Appomattox, Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, La Rondine, Madama Butterfly, and Samson et Dalila will be shown four times each, beginning in March 2008. All of these offerings have already been recorded in the last year,…
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Washington National Opera is presenting a complete Ring Cycle for the first time in November of 2009. Dubbed the "American Ring," this co-production with San Francisco Opera is directed by Francesca Zambello. November 2-16 2009: Das RheingoldNovember 3-17 2009: Die WalküreNovember 5-19 2009: SiegfriedNovember 7-21 2009: Götterdämmerung Official Site | Press Release [PDF]
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San Francisco Opera's 84th season ran from September 8, 2006 to July 1, 2007. Ten operas were performed in 76 performances. The annual operating budget was $61,148,690, with a surplus of $40,437. Press Release [PDF] | Official Finances and Governance Site
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Last June I went to San Francisco Opera sixteen times (seventeen if one counts the rehearsal of Der Rosenkavalier I went to), and while that is excessive, one should note that there were only three productions, and only twenty-one performances. I only missed one performance of Don Giovanni because one of my best friends was…
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* Notes * The Rake’s Progress closed today with a Sunday matinée, and to my surprise, I attended, as I was offered a seat from a friend. This season I have avoided Sunday performances, as they are extraordinarily popular. Also, the last performances at the end of the year are crowded, after my experience with…
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Someone one pulled a fire alarm just a few minutes before yesterday’s performance of The Rake’s Progress was to begin, so we all had to file out and everything started half an hour late. This hasn’t happened in awhile, but I remember a rash of fire alarm pulling in 2005. Later, everyone laughed at the…
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