A Flawed but Elegant "Arabella" Returns to SF
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American soprano Ellie Dehn, making her role debut. She is tall and elegant, and has a clear soaring voice.
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A Classic "Tosca" Is Reborn in SF
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Italian soprano Carmen Giannattasio makes her much heralded San Francisco Opera debut and her role debut. She was a credible diva with a sparkling voice to match.
Read MoreRoberto Devereux, Donizetti's Tudor Drama Triumphs
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Singing Queen Elizabeth is soprano Sondra Radvanovsky. She can go from haughty and regal sovereign to aging (and almost bald) pitiful lovelorn woman and still keep our attention and our sympathy.
Read MoreA Dazzling Duo of Darkness in Days of Yore
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Director José Cura sets the two operas in the same Italian barrio of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, in his home country of Argentina.
Read MoreSchwabacher Opera Concert Showcases Class of 2018
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On Thursday July 5th many of this year’s crop of recent arrivals gave a semi-staged concert at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Read MoreSan Francisco's 'Ring' Is a Vocal and Hi-Tech Tour de Force
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The singers were uniformly excellent, led by Greer Grimsley as Wotan, Falk Struckmann as Alberich, Stefan Margita as Loge, Jamie Barton as Fricka…
Read MoreIn Concert and Modern Staging, 'Boris Godunov' Still Manifests Its Dark Power
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Musically, there was an excellent, large cast of mostly Eastern European singers. Heading it was bass Stanislav Trofimov as Boris
Read MoreAll That SFJazz And Operatic Double-Bill
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The afternoon began with a prelude of Bernstein orchestral music from “West Side Story”, as the stage was transformed into a museum, with 1950s patrons stopping to admire the statue of Venus.
Read More'The Future is now' - San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows Concert
/Kurt Herbert Adler, for whom the program is named, was a long-time General Director of San Francisco Opera; the two-year Adler Fellowships began in 1987 and have graduated many world-renowned artists since then...
Read MoreOld Chinese Fairy Tale Gets Fresh New Cast
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Nina Stemme was a shimmering icy princess. Dressed in a sea-foam green flowing gown she looked and sounded terrific.
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