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  • Confess the Flame her Tongue Denyes

    * Notes * Yesterday in San Francisco, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra performed the first of six performances celebrating Henry Purcell. The evening started with his "O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song," Chacony in G minor, "Hear My Prayer, O Lord," and the Suite from Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge. Conducted by Music Director Nicholas McGegan,…

  • Rückert Lieder at SFS

    * Notes * Yesterday evening mezzo-soprano Susan Graham opened San Francisco Symphony's latest Mahler Festival with the Rückert Lieder. Graham sang with a gorgeous ease, her voice sounds both pure and lush. Michael Tilson Thomas conducted the orchestra in a straightforward manner. Some of the brass entrances were harsh, but the playing was fairly clear. The…

  • PBO’s 2009-2010 Season

    September 10-15 2009: Apothesis of the Dance: Haydn Bicentennial  October 9-17 2009: An Adversarial Friendship: Muffat, Telemann November 5-14 2009: The Passion of Dido: Purcell's 350th birthday December 4-11 2009: Gloria!: Vivaldi, Torelli, Sammartini February 11-14 2010: An Elegant Romance: Brahms  March 5-13 2010: The French Suite in Europe: Dumanoir, Lully, TelemannApril 8-13 2010: Orlando's Madness: Händel…

  • San Francisco Symphony’s 2009-2010 Season

    September 9 2009: Gala with Lang Lang (Liszt, Ravel, Rodgers, Prokofiev) September 10-12 2009: Liszt, Ravel, Rodgers, Prokofiev September 16-20 2009: Susan Graham sings Rückert-Lieder, Mahler's 1st September 23-26 2009: Thomas Hampson sings Mahler September 30- October 3 2009: Scelsi's Hymnos, Mahler's 5thOctober 7-10 2009: Brett Dean, Haydn's 94th, BrahmsOctober 11 2009: Murray Perahia, pianoOctober 14-18…

  • Houston Opera’s 2009-2010 Season

    October 23 – November 7 2009: L'Elisir d'Amore October 30- November 15 2009: Lohengrin January 22- February 7 2010: Tosca January 29- February 13 2010 : Turn of the Screw April 16- May 1 2010: The Queen of Spades April 30- May 14 2010: Xerxes Patricia Racette sings the title role in Tosca opposite of Marcus Haddock. Susan Graham and David Daniels…

  • Lyric Opera’s 2009-2010 Season

    September 26 2009- January 29 2010: ToscaOctober 5- November 7 2009: FaustOctober 27- November 23 2009: ErnaniNovember 22- Deceumber 12 2009: Katya KabanovaDecember 5 2009- January 16 2010: The Merry WidowJanuary 23- February 22 2010: L'Elisir d'AmoreFebruary 20- March 17 2010: La Damnation de FaustFebruary 28- March 27 2010: Le Nozze di Figaro René Pape and Kyle Ketelsen share the…

  • La Damnation de Faust Live in HD Met Simulcast

      * Notes * Director Robert Lepage's production La Damnation de Faust was shown as a simulcast over the weekend. His Met debut certainly had the marks of a production from that company. Carl Fillion's set was not entirely unlike the one for Doctor Atomic from a few weeks ago, both being vertical and grid-like.…

  • Domingo’s 40th Anniversary at the Met

    Apparently Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, and Patricia Racette sang "Nessun dorma" at the Domingo Gala last night. One can imagine Susie or Pat in a tuxedo, but Debbie looks pretty smart there as well. AP Article | Official Site

  • Ariodante Log

    13. June 2008: Final Dress RehearsalOpera Tattler Review 15. June 2008: Opening Opera Tattler Review 18. June 2008: From Box Q* People clapped for Ruth Ann Swenson when she entered, interrupting the music. * The floor is squeaky, especially when the dancers are doing pas jetés. * Susan Graham missed a line in the duet…

  • Opening of Ariodante at San Francisco Opera

    * Notes * Today's matinée performance of Ariodante was the San Francisco Opera premiere of Händel's 33rd opera, which was first performed at Covent Garden in 1735. John Copley's production is slightly busy, there is a lot of movement to offset the supposed statis of the libretto. For the most part this was not distracting,…