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2023-06-12 01:37:00
Madama Butterfly, San Francisco Opera
[…] young Kate.The other thing I scratched my head about was Cio-Cio-San's knee-length dress? slip? that she's wearing through a lot of Acts 2 and 3. What the actual: I am not an expert in women's turn-of-the-20th-century undergarments, but I know enough that the outfit registered as wrong.I'll probably go another 15 years before I see Butterfly again. I'm sorry to have missed Liana Haroutounian in the title role, but the December, 2007 noon matinee with Patricia Racette and Brandon Jovanovich, cond. Donald Runnicles, was one of the greatest performances I have ever seen of anything. I dug up Joshua Kosman's review and was relieved to see that I hadn't misremembered it.Lastly, no amount of concept is going to fix the awfulness of the libretto: child sex trafficking (she's FIFTEEN and it's clear from the libretto that he BUYS her); fake marriage; abandonment; stealing the kid. What, you think he'll have a […]
2023-05-10 01:18:00
Here's most of the press release announcing the program for the June 16, 2023 Centennial Concert. Looks nice! At past gala concerts, there have occasionally been surprise guests. I seem to recall Dame Joan Sutherland and Leonie Rysanek making brief speeches at a 1990s gala.San Francisco Opera’s Centennial Season culminates with a celebration of the Company’s first 100 years. A host of treasured San Francisco Opera artists will be featured with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus in a program that honors the Company’s history through musical milestones and landmark productions. Conductors: Eun Sun Kim, Sir Donald Runnicles, Patrick SummersSopranos: Karita Mattila, Ailyn Pérez, Patricia Racette, Nina Stemme, Heidi Stober, Adela ZahariaMezzo-sopranos: Susan Graham, Daniela MackTenors: Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Fabiano, Brandon Jovanovich, Russell ThomasBaritones: Lucas Meachem, Brian MulliganBass-Baritone: Christian Van Horn San Francisco Opera OrchestraSan Francisco Opera Chorus; Chorus Director John KeeneShawna Lucey, Stage Director PROGRAM TO INCLUDE(Subject to change) Prelude from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Richard […]
2023-02-07 02:16:00
Hand-colored photo postcard of the War Memorial Opera House and Veterans BuildingCollection of Lisa HirschSan Francisco Opera's 2023-24 season, their 101st, has now been announced, and the company also released the names of everyone who will participate in the June, 2023, gala centennial concert. It's quite a line-up!Conductors: Music Director Eun Sun Kim, former Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles, former Principal Guest Conductor Patrick SummersSoloists include:Sopranos: Karita Mattila, Ailyn Pérez, Patricia Racette, Nina Stemme, Heidi Stober, Adela ZahariaMezzo-sopranos: Susan Graham, Daniela MackTenors: Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Fabiano, Brandon Jovanovich, Russell ThomasBaritones: Lucas Meachem, Brian MulliganBass-Baritone: Christian Van HornThe wording "soloists include" means that there might be additions, which would be lovely. Not much in the way of basses there! And a raft of singers will be in town for the summer season who aren't listed there. Some singers who've been important to the company in the past aren't listed. I remember some unexpected appearances […]
2022-10-19 05:32:00
Dialogues of the Carmelites, San Francisco Opera
[…] (the cast is huge) and maybe not popular, but a company that managed to stage five Ring bring-ups in two different productions, Die Meistersinger (four times), Les Troyens, and St. Francois, can manage to stage Dialogues more than once every forty years. It's not as heinous as skipping La Boheme for four decades, but SFO has also staged Billy Budd (the male counterpart to Dialogues?) three times and Jenufa three times.It certainly hasn't been for lack of appropriate singers, either. Patricia Racette has sung Blanche, Madame Lidoine and, more recently, Madame de Croissy, to name just one SFO regular. Take a look back through the archives and you'll find plenty of singers suitable for every one of the nuns. The male leads are smallish parts and not difficult to cast; Ben Bliss is luxury casting for the Chevalier de la Force.I brought Racette into this discussion for another reason. She sang an enormous number of roles […]
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