The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Turandot
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera‘s revival of Turandot (Susan Foster and Walter Fraccaro, in Act II pictured left, photograph by D. Ross Cameron/San Francisco Opera) returned for a second time this season with three new cast members and a fresh conductor yesterday evening. There were several synchronization problems between the singing and playing, and one…
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* Notes * San Francisco Opera‘s 89th season opened last night with a revival of Turandot (Iréne Theorin, Marco Berti, and Joseph Frank in Act III pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver). David Hockney‘s production is as garish as ever, but quite functional, as the sets only move minimally for the scene changes. This keeps the…
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* Notes * Last weekend's Saturday matinée of Turandot at the Met proved quite pleasing. Evidently the Zeffirelli production is extravagant, and judging from the audience reaction, the opulence was very much appreciated. Andris Nelsons had the orchestra playing rather loudly at times, the sound was full and rich. There was more than one time that…
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"Indeed, Turandot was considered so suspect that when it was first performed in Beijing in 1995 the setting was changed to an unnamed location in Central Asia." A new production of Turandot was performed from March 21-26 at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing. Hao Weiya wrote a new ending to Puccini's…
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October 4-20 2008: TieflandNovember 11-30 2008: Le nozze di FigaroDecember 23 2008- January 14 2009: Simon BoccanegraJanuary 3-10 2009: El retablo de Maese PedroFebruary 3-15 2009: L'incoronazione di PoppeaMarch 17- April 18 2009: Die Meistersinger von NürnbergApril 20- May 2 2009: La cabeza del BautistaMay 18- June 2 2009: FidelioJune 19- July 7 2009: SalomeJuly…
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September 11-14 2008: The CrucibleOctober 10-18 2008: TurandotDecember 13-21 2008: Fantastic Mr. FoxJanuary 16-17 2009: LilyFebruary 19- March 1 2009: Šárka/La mort de Sainte AlméenneApril 16-19 2009: L'Italiana in Algieri Next season includes a world premiere of Kurt Weill's Lily and the US premieres of Janácek's Šárka and Honegger's La mort de Sainte Alméenne. Dicapo…
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October 10-24 2008: FidelioNovember 14-23 2008: L'Italiana in AlgeriFebruary 20- March 6 2009: TurandotApril 24- May 3 2009: L'enfant et les sortilèges/Gianni SchicchiJune 5-14 2009: The Rape of Lucretia Nathan Gunn and William Burden will be singing in The Rape of Lucretia. Press Release | Official Site
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September 13- October 5 2008: La TraviataSeptember 20- October 7 2008: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesNovember 1-17 2008: Lucrezia BorgiaNovember 8-19 2008: CarmenNovember 21- 22 2008: Petite Messe SolennelleMarch 21- April 6 2009: Peter GrimesMay 2-17 2009: SiegfriedMay 16- June 4 2009: Turandot Renée Fleming has her WNO debut in Lucrezia Borgia. Denyce Graves sings the…
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Opening night of the opera is splendid event. Everyone dresses up in a most lavish manner, and there are flowers everywhere. This year red roses decorated the boxes and filled enormous vases in the halls. I spent a half hour before the performance and both the intermissions simply gaping and tittering at all the splendid…
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