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The Opera Tattler

San Francisco

Author of the most popular opera blog on the West Coast.

Interests: mozart, etymology, beethoven, bach, andreas scholl, caravaggio, ewa podleś, händel, neurophysiology, orientalism, rembrandt, ruth ann swenson, subversion, shakespeare, john relyea, san francisco opera, seattle opera, tattling, tolstoy, monteverdi, gluck, william burden, susan graham, bayerische staatsoper

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SF Opera's Arabella

* Notes * An elegant co-production of Arabella (Act III pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) opened at San Francisco Opera last night. The orchestra and singers were all very strong in Strauss' glittering Viennese comedy. The huge cast for... Continue reading

Posted Oct 17, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Opera Parallèle's In the Penal Colony

* Notes * This weekend Opera Parallèle is in Carmel for In the Penal Colony as part of the Days and Nights Festival. Philip Glass' potent chamber opera from 2000 is a perfect match for this company and the production... Continue reading

Posted Oct 6, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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SF Opera's Tosca

* 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... Continue reading

Posted Oct 4, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Opera San José's Entführung aus dem Serail

* Notes * A winsome cast (Matthew Grills as Belmonte and Rebecca Davis as Konstanze pictured, photograph by Pat Kirk) opened the Opera San José 2018-2019 season with the delightful music of Die Entführung aus dem Serail yesterday night. Mozart's... Continue reading

Posted Sep 16, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Thanks so much for your kind words. I hope you enjoy the performance!

Commented Sep 11, 2018 on SF Opera's Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at The Opera Tattler

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I thought that was you! Nicely done!

Commented Sep 11, 2018 on SF Opera's Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at The Opera Tattler

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You bring up some very valid points, and I definitely agree with your observation about the attention to detail and the vibrancy of not only of the set but the direction. I also really liked the sense of humor Cura obviously has, as with the tippler who offers Santuzza the bottle and she takes it the second time. It was a tender moment when he makes sure she gets in her seat for the performance in Pag.

Commented Sep 10, 2018 on SF Opera's Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at The Opera Tattler

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SF Opera's Roberto Devereux

* Notes * A magnificently cast Roberto Devereux (opening scene pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) is the second offering in San Francisco Opera's 96th season. Though somewhat marred by a tepid staging, the tragic opera by Donizetti is a... Continue reading

Posted Sep 9, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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SF Opera's Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci

* Notes * The standard double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci opened the latest season at San Francisco Opera last night with a colorful production (pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) from tenor turned director José Cura. With the... Continue reading

Posted Sep 8, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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West Edge Opera's Quartett

* Notes * West Edge Opera's third production this summer is Luca Francesconi's Quartett, based on the 1980 play by Heiner Müller, which in turn is based on Les Liaisons dangereuses. Both music and drama here are utterly disturbing. The... Continue reading

Posted Aug 12, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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West Edge Opera's Pelléas et Mélisande

* Notes * Nomadic West Edge Opera is performing this summer in yet another alternative space, this time in Richmond at the Craneway Conference Center, once a Ford plant. The opening show is Debussy's very wonderfully weird Pelléas et Mélisande.... Continue reading

Posted Aug 5, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Merola's The Rake's Progress

* Notes * The Merola Opera Program's second opera this year is The Rake's Progress, performed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on August 2 and 4. The singers (pictured left, photograph by Kristen Loken) gamely performed this challenging... Continue reading

Posted Aug 3, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Merola's Il Re Pastore

* Notes * The first of two operas from the Merola Opera Program this summer is the rarity Il Re Pastore at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on July 19 and 21. The lighthearted production directed by Tara Faircloth... Continue reading

Posted Jul 20, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Schwabacher Summer Concert 2018

* Notes * The Schwabacher Summer Concert at SFCM on Thursday kicked off the 2018 Merola Opera Program's season. This is when we get to hear the more unusual voices selected for this opera training program, the ones that didn't... Continue reading

Posted Jul 6, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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SF Opera's Götterdämmerung Cycle 1

* Notes * San Francisco Opera's first Ring cycle this summer came to a glorious end with Götterdämmerung (Act II pictured left, photo by Cory Weaver) this evening. The singing was strong and the playing exquisite. Maestro Donald Runnicles had... Continue reading

Posted Jun 17, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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SF Opera's Siegfried Cycle 1

* Notes * San Francisco Opera's current Ring cycle continued with beautifully played Siegfried (Act II pictured left, photo by Cory Weaver) last night. There was also much fine singing. The orchestra seems more settled than in the previous two... Continue reading

Posted Jun 16, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Boris Godunov at SFS

* Notes * The opening of San Francisco Symphony's Boris Godunov was a gratifying way to spend the gap day between San Francisco Opera's Ring performances. The semi-staged production (Scene 2 pictured, photograph by Cory Weaver) from James Darrah is... Continue reading

Posted Jun 15, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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SF Opera's Die Walküre Cycle 1

* Notes * As with the previous installment of Der Ring des Nibelungen at San Francisco Opera, Die Walküre (Act I pictured left, photo by Cory Weaver) has beautiful playing from the orchestra and a powerful cast. Donald Runnicles drove... Continue reading

Posted Jun 14, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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SF Opera's Ring Media Round-Up

SF Opera's Ring Site | Production Web Site Reviews of San Francisco Opera's Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Scene 4 of Das Rheingold pictured, photograph by Cory Weaver) are trickling in. Cycle Reviews: San Francisco Examiner | The Mercury News |... Continue reading

Posted Jun 13, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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SF Opera's Das Rheingold Cycle 1

* Notes * An exuberant orchestra and strong cast in Das Rheingold opened a revival of Francesca Zambello's Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Scene 4 pictured, photo by Cory Weaver) last night at San Francisco Opera. It is a joy to... Continue reading

Posted Jun 13, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Preview of Boris Godunov at SFS

June is going to be a very opera-heavy month in San Francisco this year, with the return of Der Ring des Nibelungen starting on Tuesday at the War Memorial Opera House. For those intimidated by Wagner's 15-hour epic (or maybe... Continue reading

Posted Jun 11, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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NCCO Plays Philip Glass' Piano Concerto, No. 3

* Notes * Pianist Simone Dinnerstein (pictured left, photograph by Lisa Marie Mazzucco) gave the West Coast premiere of Philip Glass' Piano Concerto No. 3 with New Century Chamber Orchestra last night in Berkeley. The piece is sedate and dreamily... Continue reading

Posted May 18, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Iréne Theorin in SF Ring

Soprano Iréne Theorin (pictured left) replaces Evelyn Herlitzius as Brünnhilde in San Francisco Opera's Der Ring des Nibelungen this summer. Herlitzius has withdrawn for health reasons. This will be Theorin's first complete Ring Cycle in the United States. She was... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Apollo's Fire L'Orfeo

* Notes * Apollo's Fire (pictured left, photograph by Roger Mastroianni), an idiosyncratic Baroque orchestra from Cleveland, is touring Monteverdi's L'Orfeo with a reconstruction of the lost Bacchanale ending, and made a stop at Cal Performances last night. The orchestra,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Cal Performances' 2018-2019 Season

September 23 2018: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guest Jon Batiste September 28-30 2018: Mark Morris Dance Group; Pepperland September 30 2018: Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Bach Suites October 5 2018: Max Richter with the American... Continue reading

Posted Apr 17, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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