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2019-11-28 02:43:00
I wrote about Washington Concert Opera's Hamlet for Parterre: Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet isn’t the rarity it once was, with a handful of notable productions in recent years, including the Met in 2010 and here at Washington National Opera in the same year, featuring Elizabeths Bishop and Futral, plus Sam Ramey (!) as Claudius. (I’ve been thinking this decade went by quickly but maybe not?) Read the whole thing here...
2017-01-18 01:15:00
[…] should be an interesting Klytemnestra. The conductor is Hungarian and music director of the Komische Oper, Berlin. La Traviata, ten performances in September and October. Nicola Luisotti conducts, and this will presumably be his last appearances as music director of SFO. (Matthew Shilvock did mention that they are in discussions with him about future guest appearances.) Curiously, Donald Runnicles' last run as MD was also in Traviata. I was at that performance, with Elizabeth Futral, David Lomeli, and Stephen Powell, and Runnicles got a bigger hand than anyone in the cast. Violetta: Aurelia Florian; Alfredo Germont: Atalla Ayan; Giorgio Germont: Artur Rucinski. The John Copley production, getting a little worn around the edges. I know nothing at all about Aurelia Florian and Atalla Ayan. I have heard Artur Rucinski at his web site, and he has a beautiful and impressive sound and style. Manon, six performances in November. […]
2015-11-16 01:00:00
AMERICAN OPERA - 1
[…] John MauceriCiesinski, Ramey, Réaux, GreenawaldLondon 433 812-2 Recorded May 1991FLAC, cuesheets, scans of covers and booklet Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966)THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (1950) Kansas City Lyric Theater, dir : Russell PattersonJennings, McGowen, Christensen, Davis, HarrisNew World-CRI NWCRL 272Recorded 1971FLAC, cuesheets, scans of covers and booklet André Previn (1929 - )A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1998) San Francisco Opera, dir : André PrevinFleming, Gilfry, Futral, Griffey, ForstDG 289 459 366-2Recorded September 1998 FLAC, cuesheets, scans of covers and booklet Renée Fleming, sopranoI WANT MAGIC - American Opera Arias Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, dir : James LevineLondon 289 460 567-2Recorded May 1998FLAC, cuesheet, scans of covers and booklet
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2015-10-01 03:10:19
Sep. 23 SF Opera: Sweeney Todd
[…] the audience sat in hushed wonder until bursting into a sustained ovation. David Curry proved to be a seasoned Pirelli, and his sturdy tenor was supple and accurate. Curry however was least well-served by the variable sound “enhancement” — his requisite accent and patter falling victim to muddy settings. Playing against type, A.J. Glueckert was a wiry, scrappy Beadle Bamford, and he had no trouble dispatching the role’s high-flying demands. The venerable soprano Elizabeth Futral did everything required of her as the crazed Beggar Woman. Too bad that so little is required of her in the way of refined soprano singing, at which she excels. An arioso that has been added for the character in the final encounter with Todd did little to make the character more effective, in spite of Futral’s expertise. Similarly, Deliver Me — cut from the Broadway production — adds length but not interest to […]
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