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2024-03-20 17:55:33
The narrative twisted and mesmerised at this London gig, as indigenous rhythms were mixed with the blues
2024-01-08 14:00:16
Siam giunte, F.B. Pinkerton
Before some important Madama Butterfly sopranos dominate the American scene in early 2024, Chris’s Cache offers live recordings of four vintage Cio-Cio-Sans, plus a brand new one: Renata Scotto; Galina Vishnevskaya, Anna Moffo, Gilda Cruz-Romo–and Sonya Yoncheva.
2023-12-20 18:01:00
[…] flute and community chorus, brilliantly played by Claire Chase. One of those reviews covered four of Santa Fe Opera's five operas. Weirdly, my first and last reviews of the year were of works based on the story of Dido and Aeneas. In addition to the reviews, I wrote two news articles for SFCV, one in collaboration with Janos Gereben, about comings and goings in San Francisco Symphony, plus profiles of conductor JoAnn Falletta and tenor Arturo Chácon-Cruz, and an article about the film Tár.Next year, I'm hoping to branch out with the reviewing: more chamber music and solo programs, more orchestra concerts. I am extremely sorry that Opera News is no more; perhaps I will pitch successfully to Opera.For me, the single worst thing to happen this year was the death of composer Kaija Saariaho, in June at only 70. There were many tears a few days later when San Francisco Symphony performed […]
2023-08-23 18:24:00
[…] contributed to the portrait of a woman on the verge of despair.” Among today’s leading mezzo-sopranos, Semenchuk’s portrayals of Verdi heroines, including Lady Macbeth, Amneris, Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera and Azucena have won acclaim at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the Arena di Verona, the Bavarian State Opera and, in this country, with San Francisco Opera, the Metropolitan Opera and LA Opera. Semenchuk joins San Francisco Opera’s international cast for Il Trovatore, headed by Angel Blue as Leonora, Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Manrico and George Petean as Count di Luna under the baton of San Francisco Opera’s Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim in the acclaimed production by Sir David McVicar. The six performances of Il Trovatore are scheduled for September 12 (7:30 p.m.), 17 (2 p.m.), 20 (7:30 p.m.), 23 (7:30 p.m.), 29 (7:30 p.m.); October 1 (2 p.m.), 2023. The third performance, on September 20 at 7:30 p.m., will be available as a livestream. […]
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