The award winning Bartlett Sher directed the stunning and sexy new production of Tales of Hoffman at the Met, which broadcast the production...
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John F. Martin supered at San Francisco Opera many years before he took this season off from acting to photograph. He opens a new show on December...
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Verdi’s Otello, based on Shakespeare’s Othello, remains Verdi’s most challenging opera while San Francisco’s production on...
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SAN FRANCISCO OPERA PRESENTS GIUSEPPE VERDI’S OTELLO STARRING JOHAN BOTHA NOVEMBER 8–DECEMBER 2 WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE MUSIC...
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The most fun thing about the live HD broadcast from the Met would be soprano Renee Fleming's backstage interviews. You never know who Fleming will...
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Salome’s stunning opening this Sunday afternoon at San Francisco Opera attracted the usual, an audience of white hair, so I had to wonder how...
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SAN FRANCISCO OPERA PRESENTS RICHARD STRAUSS’ SALOME STARRING NADJA MICHAEL OCTOBER 18–NOVEMBER 1, WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE...
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The importance of being virtuous A jovial and colorful Salome panel with bass baritone Greer Grimsley, conductor Nicola Luisotti...
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Like revenge? If you have ever felt victimized by aristocratic arrogance if not superstition, even Verdi liked his character the mad gypsy Azucena,...
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Mike Harvey, a super, probably had more stage time than the principals Paulo Gavanelli and Patricia Racette in Gianni Schicchi, the third and final...
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