The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Seattle Opera
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Seattle Opera is putting on the Stephen Wadsworth/Thomas Lynch production of Der Ring des Nibelungen for the third time in August 2009. August 9-25 2009: Das RheingoldAugust 10-26 2009: Die WalküreAugust 12-28 2009: SiegfriedAugust 14-30 2009: Götterdämmerung Official Site | Ring Cast Press Release [PDF]
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* Notes * La Bohème is in the middle of a twelve performance run at Seattle Opera, with two casts. The production is from the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the whole thing looks just as one would expect. Pier Luigi Pizzi’s sets are perfectly traditional, as are Martin Pakledinaz’s costumes. The choreography was sometimes over…
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* Notes * Händel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto opened for the first time in Seattle late last month. The production came from Florida Grand Opera and featured a great deal of dancing, choreographed by Donald Byrd. It was a bit loud and distracting at times. Paul Steinberg set had the effect of a pop-up book,…
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* Notes * The alternate cast of Seattle Opera’s current Don Giovanni production is well worth seeing. Their final performance is this Friday, but they also sang on January 14th and 21st. Morgan Smith had a very different characterization of the title role than Mariusz Kwiecien. Smith seemed less dangerous and more athletic. His voice…
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* Notes * Chris Alexander’s new production of Don Giovanni premiered last Saturday at Seattle Opera. The set, designed by Robert A. Dahlstrom, was rather flat and limiting. Basically, it consisted of a large wall with many partitions, which did make the scene changes seamless, but was rather domineering and monolithic. Marie-Therese Cramer’s costumes were…
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August 4-25 2007: Der fliegende HolländerOctober 13-27 2007: Iphigénie en TaurideJanuary 12-26 2008: Pagliacci February 23- March 9 2008: ToscaMay 3-17 2008: I Puritani Most interested in hearing Jane Eaglen as Senta, William Burden as Pylade, and John Relyea as Georgio. News from Seattle Opera
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This summer San Francisco Opera will perform Christoph Willibald Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride in a co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago, where it premiered on September 29, 2006. This week Seattle Opera and the Met announced a co-production of the very same opera, to premiere on October 13, 2007 in Seattle and November 27, 2007…
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Dieter Kaegi's production of Der Rosenkavalier was revived in Seattle last month. I remember seeing posters for the 1997 performances, in which Angelika Kirchschlager sang the role of Octavian. Alice Coote made her Seattle debut in the role this time around, and her voice was strong. She is petite next to Carol Vaness, but had…
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A new production of Verdi’s Macbeth opened at Seattle Opera on May 6th. The director was Bernard Uzan, his work on Tosca at San Francisco certainly was different. The Tosca production was pretty, but somewhat boring. This Macbeth is both ugly and boring. Robert Israel’s set was a silver room with three doors and a…
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When the advertisements on buses declare "This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Mozart" in reference to a run of Così fan tutte, one certainly should be prepared for something outlandish. Jonathan Miller’s production opened late last month at Seattle Opera, and it is certainly both hilarious and bizarre in a way that many contemporary offerings are not.…
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