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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

Recent Activity

Opera Parallèle's Today It Rains

* Notes * Opera Parallèle is presenting the world premiere of Laura Kaminsky's Today It Rains this weekend at Z Space. This chamber opera based on Georgia O'Keefe's first trip to Santa Fe is contemplative and features some beautiful singing... Continue reading

Posted Mar 30, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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Today It Rains Preview

Tons of new operas are being performed everyday, the most successful perhaps are Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick (recently at Opera San José) and Mason Bates’ Grammy-winning The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. Closer to home, Howards End, America by Allen Shearer had... Continue reading

Posted Mar 19, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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LA Opera's Clemenza di Tito Review

* Notes * Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito is nearly through a run at Los Angeles Opera. The singing is top-notch with strong support from the orchestra and a sumptuous staging. The new production, directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, who also... Continue reading

Posted Mar 15, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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The Met's 2019-2020 Season

September 23 2019- February 1 2020: Porgy and Bess September 24- October 26 2019: Manon September 25- October 12 2019: Macbeth October 3 2019- April 25 2020: Turandot October 11 2019- April 11 2020: Madama Butterfly October 20- November 10... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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SF Opera's Summer 2019 Cast Changes

This summer there are changes for all three operas on offer at San Francisco Opera. Countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (pictured) makes his San Francisco Opera debut as Medoro in Orlando, replacing David Daniels who was fired last November after serious... Continue reading

Posted Feb 7, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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Other Minds Shostakovich Preview

New music proponent Other Minds is presenting a West Coast premiere of two piano arrangements by Shostakovich, one of his Symphony No. 4 and the other of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. The performers are pianists Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell... Continue reading

Posted Feb 6, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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LA Opera's 2019-2020 Season

September 14- October 6 2019: La Bohème October 12–20 2019: The Light in the Piazza November 16–December 15 2019: The Magic Flute February 1–23 2020: Matthew Aucoin's Eurydice February 22- March 14 2020: Roberto Devereux May 1-3 2020: Du Yun's... Continue reading

Posted Jan 29, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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Adriana Lecouvreur at the Met

* Notes * Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur had a final performance this season last night at the Metropolitan Opera. There was much prettiness in the music, staging, and singing. The new David McVicar production is very droll, everything looks nice... Continue reading

Posted Jan 27, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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Pelléas et Mélisande at the Met

* Notes * Debussy's mysterious Pelléas et Mélisande (pictured left, photograph by Karen Almond) had a splendid fourth performance this season at the Metropolitan Opera yesterday. Though the singing was lovely, the real stars of the show was conductor Yannick... Continue reading

Posted Jan 26, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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Iolanta and Bluebeard's Castle at the Met

* Notes * Mariusz Treliński's 2015 striking production of Iolanta (pictured left, photograph by Marty Sohl) and Bluebeard's Castle at the Metropolitan Opera was revived last night. The singing in both operas is wonderful, and conductor Henrik Nánási had a... Continue reading

Posted Jan 25, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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SF Opera's 2019-2020 Season

September 6– October 1 2019: Romeo et Juliette September 7–22 2019: Billy Budd October 11– November 1 2019: Le Nozze di Figaro November 8–26 2019: Manon Lescaut November 15–December 7 2019: Hansel und Gretel June 7- July 2 2020: Ernani... Continue reading

Posted Jan 22, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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Seattle Opera's 2019-2020 Season

August 10-28 2019: Rigoletto October 19- November 1 2019: Cenerentola January 11-25 2020: Eugene Onegin February 22- March 7 2020: Charlie Parker's Yardbird May 2-19 2020: La bohème Seattle Opera announced the 2019-2020 season today. Official Site Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2019 at The Opera Tattler

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Opera Parallèle's The Little Prince

* Notes * Opera Parallèle revived last year's production of The Little Prince this weekend at the Marines' Memorial Theatre. The opera is perfectly charming and the feminist twist of having mostly female principals worked well. I had a better... Continue reading

Posted Dec 8, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Esa-Pekka Salonen and SF Symphony

San Francisco Symphony announced today that Esa-Pekka Salonen (pictured left, photograph by Andrew Eccles) is its next music director. He starts in September 2020, succeed Michael Tilson Thomas, who leaves after 25 years. Press Release | Press Kit Continue reading

Posted Dec 5, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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Ars Minerva's Ifigenia in Aulide Review

* Notes * Ars Minerva was back at ODC with Giovanni Porta's Ifigenia in Aulide last weekend. This opera, premiered in 1738 at Shrovetide in Munich, is in many ways the typical Baroque opera with an elaborate plot based on... Continue reading

Posted Dec 4, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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SF Opera's It's a Wonderful Life

* Notes * The West Coast premiere of It's a Wonderful Life (Act II pictured left, photograph by Cory Weaver) opened at San Francisco Opera on November 17. Based on Frank Capra's holiday film, the music here by Jake Heggie... Continue reading

Posted Nov 26, 2018 at The Opera Tattler

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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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