Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Opera San Jose's "Tosca"

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November 14, 2010 It's always a pleasure to see the young singers that Opera San Jose is developing - but perhaps even a larger pleas...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

San Francisco Opera, Janacek's "The Makropulos Case"

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On those infrequent occasions when I see an opera for the first time, I do my best to not read a word about it beforehand. I prefer to inges...
Friday, November 5, 2010

Domingo at San Francisco Opera

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Alfano’s Cyrano de Bergerac October 30, 2010 It seems silly to even express an opinion about Placido Domingo. The Spanish tenor long ago ea...
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

San Francisco Opera, Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," 10/12/2010

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San Francisco Opera's "Butterfly" has a little bit of everything: a stylized 1982 production from famed Broadway director Haro...
Friday, September 24, 2010

San Francisco Opera's Le Nozze di Figaro

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September 21, 2010 There was a bit of celebrating in San Francisco, as British stage director John Copley opened his 30th production with t...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

San Francisco Opera, Massenet's Werther

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Sept. 19, 2010 The great challenge of Werther - based on the novel by Goethe - is that so much of the conflict takes place inside the minds...
Saturday, September 18, 2010

San Francisco Opera, Verdi's Aida

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September 16, 2010 With help from co-producers Houston Grand Opera and English National Opera, SFO pulled out the bells, whistles and any n...