Rigoletto opens San Francisco Opera season - Part II
Related topics San Francisco OperaRigolettoVerdiWar Memorial Opera HouseSan Francisco Advertisement San Francisco Opera’s new season opens with ‘Rigoletto’ on Friday September 7, and the performance...
View ArticleMet LIVE in HD for 2011-12 includes debuts of big San Francisco names
Highlights of the next season of the Met LIVE in HD productions include not only Robert Lepage returning to direct the Ring Cycle but Eva Marie Westbroek as Sieglinde, currently of Anna Nicole opera...
View ArticleBright spots spark new production at Met
NEW YORK - For the soprano, it was a work in progress. The tenor earns extra credit for a save-the-day substitution. But the highest grade goes to the baritone, for skillfully stealing the show....
View ArticleThe Measure of a Diva
By DAVID MERMELSTEIN When opera lovers start thinking about vital recordings, one in particular is almost always mentioned: EMI's 1953 "Tosca," with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano and Tito Gobbi in...
View ArticleClassical reviews: November 10
> Puccini: "Tosca". Soloists with Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus. EMI DVD. This 2011 Covent Garden production of Tosca stars three splendid singers, with Angela Gheorghiu sensitively in the...
View ArticleThe Santa Fe Opera Presents ‘Tosca’ On Opening Night June 29
The Santa Fe Opera season kicks off the company’s opening night with Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ at 8:30, Friday, June 29. The Santa Fe Opera is located at 301 Opera Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico along US-285...
View ArticleGuonod's "Faust" with Racette, Relyea and Secco runs through July first at...
Gounod's Faust at San Francisco Opera looks colorful and those who saw Patricia Racette last summer have good reason to revisit the experience. Here is the slideshow, below. For more information click...
View ArticleRadvanovsky's Met 'Tosca' a work in progress
For the soprano, mark it down as a work in progress. Give the tenor extra credit for a save-the-day substitution. But the highest grade goes to the baritone, for masterfully stealing the show. That's...
View ArticleThe Met Season Analysis Part 4: What to Expect From March to May
Bow to the Met Season! It is your leader! I told you I would be back, and I have returned with my final round of predictions for the forthcoming Metropolitan Opera Season, succeeding Parts 1, 2 and 3....
View ArticleTosca; La rondine; Arensky Chamber Orchestra – review
Royal Opera House; Holland Park; Cadogan Hall, London ‘A discernible chemistry’: Angela Gheorghiu in the title role with the ‘astonishing’ Jonas Kaufmann as Cavaradossi in Tosca. Photograph: Catherine...
View ArticleOpera review: 'The Girl of the Golden West'
0 0 0 Paul Chinn / The Chronicle As tavern keeper Minnie in Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West," Deborah Voigt displays vibrancy and charm. Images View Larger Images "La Fanciulla del West" ("The Girl...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Opera Co.'s "Tosca" meets high expectations for beloved classic
The current Center City production of Tosca, with two of its five Academy of Music performances remaining (tomorrow at 8 PM and Sunday at 2:30 PM), meets the lofty expectations one would place upon an...
View ArticleS.F.'s Opera in Park attracts attention
When it comes to spreading sunshine and delight through Golden Gate Park's Sharon Meadow, the forces of the San Francisco Opera run only a close second to Mother Nature herself. The competition was...
View ArticleSan Francisco Opera Celebrates 90th Season with FREE Community Open House
Related topics EntertainmentNicola LuisottiSan Francisco OperaTosca Advertisement San Francisco Opera hosts a Community Open House at the War Memorial Opera House on Saturday, November 10th, from...
View ArticlePassion distilled perfectly in immortal 'Tosca'
A powerful story is no guarantee of success in opera. Neither is musical genius. But, when the two come together, the results can be immortal. Giacomo Puccini knew the kind of plots that really fired...
View ArticlePassion distilled perfectly in 'Tosca'
A powerful story is no guarantee of success in opera. Neither is musical genius. But, when the two come together, the results can be immortal. Giacomo Puccini knew the kind of plots that really fired...
View ArticlePittsburgh's Entertainment Report: Sony and Met Opera Team for Major High...
Brava! It had to happen. And it finally has. Sony Classical, in partnership with the Metropolitan Opera, is releasing a line of CD and DVDs drawn from both the storied Met broadcast archive and the...
View ArticleSanta Fe Opera puts a different slant on Tosca
Designer Yannis Thavoris and Director Stephen Barlow have set Santa Fe Opera’s production of Tosca where Puccini meant it to be: in 19th century Rome. Tosca opened the 2012 season June 29 at the...
View ArticleShorter and cheaper: Central City Opera tries a new strategy to counter...
Central City's triple bill of one-act operas will take place on the same semi-abstract set. Shown clockwise from far left are characters from each of the three works: bariotone Daniel Belcher (Gianni...
View ArticleMeet the Merolini, to appear in Schwabacher summer concerts, "L'Eliser...
Meet the Merolini 2010 meant 25 new faces from a rock singer to a medieval historian to a triathlete/ultra marathoner/marathoner made their promising and first appearance together in San Francisco on...
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