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2023-12-31 18:04:00
[…] ErwartungShearer, Prospero's GhostStrauss, Die Frau ohne SchattenStravinsky, The NightingaleVerdi, Il TrovatoreVerdi, FalstaffWagner, Die Fliegende HollanderWagner, LohengrinWallen, Dido's GhostTwenty-six operas, twelve of them new to me. I saw multiple performances of the operas I reviewed at San Francisco (Frida y Diego, Frau, Omar, Lohengrin) and the LAO Pelléas. Looking forward to 2024, most companies haven't announced their seasons, but there are Der Zwerg and Highway 1 at LAO, Bulrusher at West Edge Opera, Bluebeard's Castle at SFS, The Cunning Little Vixen and The Merry Wives of Windsor at Pocket Opera, Florencia en el Amazonas at Opera San José, The Finch Opera, Balls, and Fellow Travelers at Opera Parallele, the Barrie Kosky Magic Flute at SFO, and above all, the American premiere of Kaija Saariaho's Innocence, also at SFO. I expect to see all of the Santa Fe operas but it's more individual performances than the particular operas that I'm looking forward to.
2023-11-09 08:17:00
Remembering Keel Watson
[…] and Cilea's 'other' opera, L'Arlesiana at Opera Holland Park in 2019 [see my review]. Back in 2009 he was a remarkable Iago in Verdi's Otello with Birmingham Opera Company, which we caught online in 2020 [see my article]. In 2015 at Holland Park he played the King in Verdi's Aida [see my review], Another Verdi role deserves mention, I don't know whether he ever sang the full role, but his incarnation of the title role in Macbeth with English Pocket Opera in 2015 was thrilling and mesmerising [see my review]. But one of his finest achievements was his remarkable incarnation of Philip II in Fulham Opera's performance the 1886 five-act version of Verdi's Don Carlo, which is described as 'simply remarkable, a highly physical performance where Philip's martinet nature was embodied in every gesture. This was also highly detailed, and it was wonderful to watch the play of emotions on Watson's face as scenes played out, […]
All the conducting master class
2023-05-21 16:46:00
26 Aug – 17 Nov, 2023 Klang21 and Maestro Peter Rundel invite for the new edition of the Taschenopernfestival (Pocket Opera Festival) 2023 young advanced conductors with special interest in contemporary music theater to participate actively in the process of creating the first performance of five new music theater pieces written exclusively for this occasion. […]
2022-12-20 20:04:00
Pocket Opera has a good 2023 season coming up:DIE FLEDERMAUSMarch 19 – Hillside ClubMarch 26 – Mountain ViewApril 2 – Legion of HonorALBERT HERRINGApril 23 – Hillside ClubApril 30 – Legion of HonorMay 7 – Mountain ViewORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLDJune 11 – Hillside ClubJune 18 – Mountain ViewJune 25 – Legion of HonorTOSCAJuly 16 – Mountain ViewJuly 23 – Hillside ClubJuly 30 – Legion of Honor Subscriptions of various types are currently available by phone or postal mail; on line sales open in January, 2023.I had to travel to Los Angeles to see Albert Herring, which is not done much, and to London for Orpheus in the Underworld, so I especially recommend trying to see those two. (Why neither SFO nor the Met has ever done Orpheus in the Underworld remains a mystery to me; it is extremely funny. I bet it wouldn't be difficult to rent ENO's production, either.)
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