The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Tosca
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* Notes * Tosca (Act II pictured, photograph by David Allen) opened at Opera San José in an effective production directed by Tara Branham last weekend. The singing was all very powerful, the action straightforward, and the Sunday matinee was a richly satisfying afternoon of theater. This is the quintessential opera, the title character is…
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* Notes * The new production of Tosca (Act II with Scott Hendricks as Scarpia, Joel Sorensen as Spoletta, and Carmen Giannattasio as Tosca pictured left; photograph by Cory Weaver) that opened last night at San Francisco Opera is an ideal first opera. The set looks like a meticulous reproduction of the places featured within Rome…
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At the end of Tosca, the title character climbs to a fortress parapet of the Castel Sant'Angelo and leaps to her death. Details of Painting | Performance Review of Tosca
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* Notes * Another revival of Tosca (Brian Jagde as Cavaradossi and Mark Delavan as Scarpia in Act III pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) opened last night at San Francisco Opera. Lianna Haroutounian had a fine debut on the War Memorial stage as Floria Tosca. She clearly has an emotional connection to the role and…
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* Notes * The second performance of Tosca at San Francisco Opera featured three different principals (Patricia Racette as Tosca and Brian Jagde as Cavaradossi pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) to fairly fine effect. Patricia Racette’s portrayal of Tosca is dramatically convincing. Though the timbre of her vibrato always makes this listener uncomfortable, she sings…
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Production Web Site | Press Photographs Final Dress Rehearsal: Not For Fun Only Performance Reviews: The Opera Tattler | Not For Fun Only | Iron Tongue of Midnight | SFist | San Francisco Classical Voice | San Francisco Chronicle
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* Notes * The summer part of San Francisco Opera‘s season began last night with Tosca. The 1997 production is based on the one that inaugurated the War Memorial Opera House in 1932, and for that reason, is rather old-fashioned. It was interesting to note the differences between the current revival and the last one, for…
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The Opernphrenologe was recently in Berlin and what follows is her rather entertaining review of Tosca. A review of Eugene Onegin is forthcoming. * Notes * The set was boring, so boring. Are these people on a budget or something? I can't even describe it, it was so dull. As for the cast, Tosca…
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* Notes * Yesterday’s matinée performance of Tosca ended Berkeley Opera’s 2008 season. The main conceit of the production, directed by Barbara Heroux, was an upstage pentagon screen on which images were projected. The images alternated between representing the physical scene and showing the internal state of the characters. The latter were invariably paintings from…
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January 24- February 4 2009: ToscaFebruary 14-22 2009: Don QuixoteMarch 28- April 8 2009: RigolettoApril 18-26 2009: Peter GrimesMay 9-20 2009: Madama Butterfly Perhaps I should take my mother to the Madama Butterfly in San Diego next year, instead of the Los Angeles production this Fall, as the stage direction will undoubtedly be more conservative.…
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