The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: The Metropolitan Opera
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This week’s The Economist has an article on Peter Gelb‘s simulcasts. San Francisco Opera and the Royal Opera House are also mentioned. I especially like these two sentences from the article: Opera purists are not at all happy about Mr Gelb’s foray into cinemas. They argue that opera was made to be seen live in opera houses and they…
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Lincoln Center has mice. Read more from Perez Hilton | AP Article
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"On Saturday, after Act II of his production of La Bohème, the Met will celebrate Mr. Zeffirelli onstage, gathering singers associated with his productions and presenting him with a plaque. Plaques honoring him will also be permanently affixed on both sides of the proscenium, at eye level for anyone entering or leaving the stage." NY…
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The performance will be broadcast at 7pm EDT (5pm PDT) tonight. As you well know, the production has been fraught and included four Met debuts, but finally, Deborah Voigt and Ben Heppner are to sing together in Tristan und Isolde tonight. Press Release | Official Site
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* Notes * The Dieter Dorn/Jürgen Rose production of Tristan und Isolde was shown as a simulcast yesterday. I tried my best not to worry too much about the set and staging, as I did not find the Dorn/Rose Le Nozze or Così at Bayerische Staatsoper particularly interesting, though their Don Carlo was not bad.…
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* Notes * Despite my lack of enthusiasm for Benjamin Britten's music, I did attend today's simulcast of Peter Grimes. Some of Britten's rhythms in this opera were of interest, particularly the sea shanty at the end of Act I. Unlike the protagonists of Billy Budd or The Turn of the Screw, the character of…
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September 22 2008: Gala September 23- October 16 2008: SalomeSeptember 24- October 9 2008: La GiocondaSeptember 27-December 19 2008: Don GiovanniOctober 3-25 2008: Lucia di LammermoorOctober 13- November 13 2008: Doctor AtomicOctober 20- November 20 2008: La TraviataOctober 24- November 22 2008: Madama Butterfly November 7- December 4 2008: La Damnation de FaustNovember 21- December…
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The winners this year are soprano Simone Osborne, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano Daveda Karanas, tenor René Barbera, and baritone Edward Parks. Press Release | Reuters Article | Official Site
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Carolina Castells, soprano from Miami, FloridaSimone Osborne, soprano from Vancouver, British ColumbiaJennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano from St. Louis, MissouriDaveda Karanas, mezzo-soprano from Mandeville, LouisianaDominic Armstrong, tenor from Kirksville, MissouriRené Barbera, tenor from San Antonio, TexasChristopher Magiera, baritone from Lake Forest, IllinoisEdward Parks, baritone from Indiana, PennsylvaniaStephen A. Ray, baritone from Sherwood, Arkansas The nine finalists will…
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I am going to skip out on tomorrow's Live in HD Met Simulcast of Manon Lescaut, as there is quite enough of Puccini in my future. It is tempting, as the cast looks good. I heard Mattila sing the title role several times in 2006, and that production was one of the best that season.…
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