The Opera Tattler
Jan 19, 2025 · * Notes * La Bohème (Kearstin Piper Brown and WooYoung Yoon pictured in Act IV, photograph by David Allen) closed at Opera San José last weekend with a youthful cast and beautiful singing. The traditional production doesn't make for the smoothest transitions but looks very nice. The scenic design, from Kim A. Tolman, completely looks like Paris in the 1840s and Alina Bokovikova's costumes ...
January 2025 - The Opera Tattler
Jan 19, 2025 · * Notes * San Francisco Symphony gave the world premiere of John Adams' piano concerto After the Fall (2024) with Víkingur Ólafsson as the soloist last Thursday with two following performances this weekend. The orchestra was very much together with Maestro David Robertson (pictured on the left with Adams in the center and Ólafsson on the right, photograph by Brandon Patoc) at the helm ...
October 2024 - The Opera Tattler
Oct 24, 2024 · * Notes * Livermore Valley Opera 's La fille du régiment (Act I pictured with Véronique Filloux and Eugene Brancoveanu) ends today. The opera is extremely cute and this production has some fine singing. Directed by Marc Jacobs, the staging is simple, with a video projected background and a few props. I enjoyed the rocks that became a bar, and also used as a set for some puppets reenacting ...
SF Symphony Premieres John Adams' Piano Concerto
Jan 19, 2025 · San Francisco Symphony gave the world premiere of John Adams' piano concerto After the Fall (2024) with Víkingur Ólafsson as the soloist last Thursday with two following performances this weekend. The orchestra was very much together with Maestro David Robertson (pictured on the left with Adams in ...
The Opera Tattler: Opera San José's La Bohème
Dec 3, 2024 · * Notes * La Bohème (Kearstin Piper Brown and WooYoung Yoon pictured in Act IV, photograph by David Allen) closed at Opera San José last weekend with a youthful cast and beautiful singing. The traditional production doesn't make for the...
The Opera Tattler: Carmen at SF Opera
Nov 14, 2024 · * Notes * A revival of Carmen opened last night at San Francisco Opera with some very fine singing and lively, brisk playing. Francesca Zambello's 2006 production is both pretty and functional, there is never a pause in the music...
SF Opera's L'Elisir d'Amore - The Opera Tattler
Nov 19, 2023 · * Notes * A new production of L'elisir d'amore opened at San Francisco Opera this afternoon. Updated to the 1950s and set in the Italian Riviera, today's performance was a delight to see and hear. This co-production with Lyric Opera...
SF Opera's Omar - The Opera Tattler
Nov 5, 2023 · * Notes * Omar, an opera about a West African Islamic scholar sold into slavery, opened at San Francisco Opera this afternoon. The opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels is an artful combination of rhythms, syncopation, textures, and lyricism....
The Opera Tattler: SF Opera's Il Trovatore
Sep 13, 2023 · * Notes * Il Trovatore, the first opera at San Francisco Opera this season opened last night with lots of varied and beautiful playing from the orchestra. There was strong singing from the chorus and from the principals. Maestra Eun...
SF Opera's Lohengrin - The Opera Tattler
Oct 25, 2023 · * Notes * David Alden's Lohengrin opened at San Francisco Opera on October 15, but I only managed to attend the fourth performance on Tuesday. The orchestra sounded perfectly transparent and there was much lovely singing including a powerful chorus....