Opera Warhorses

The Summer of 2009
The Santa Fe Opera thus far has presented 143 different operas, including 44 American premieres and ten world premieres.  The summer of 2009 presents a new Laurent Pelly production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” starring Natalie Dessay in her role debut, a new Stephen Lawless production of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” a revival of [...]

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For the second time in seven months, this website is reviewing a performance of the Zambello production of Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”. The production, which generates enthusiasm and sold out performances in every city in which it has shown, was reviewed in its Lyric Opera performances in Chicago last November, less than two weeks after [...]

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This website has described the San Francisco Opera as the “House of Puccini”, both because of its long association with the operas of the Tuscan composer and the recent excellence of its Puccini productions, since David Gockley assumed the general directorship of the company in 2006.
The 2006 production of “Manon Lescaut” with Karita Mattila and [...]

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