Opera Warhorses

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Entries from July 2009

Gods and Nibelungs on the Pacific Coast: the Three Ring “Walkueres”

July 25th, 2009

This post is the second in a four part series on West Coast performances of Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelungs”, scheduled for Seattle in August 2009, Los Angeles in May and June 2010, and San Francisco in June 2011. (For the earlier article, see:  Gods and Nibelungs on the Pacific Coast: the Three Ring “Rheingolds”.)
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Tags: Quests and Anticipations

The “Golden West” Does Puccini 2008-2010 Part II

July 14th, 2009

Over a year ago this website chronicled the performances of Puccini operas planned by California’s three major opera companies during the 150th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini’s birth (December 1858). (See: The “Golden West” Does Puccini 2008-2010. For a report of another Puccini sesquicentennial celebration in the Golden State, see: Puccini’s 150th Birthday Party Takes Place as Santa [...]

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Tags: Quests and Anticipations

Dimitri Pittas a Sparkler in Lawless’ Deft “L’Elisir d’Amore” – Santa Fe July 4, 2009

July 8th, 2009

The Santa Fe Opera chose the Fourth of July to unveil its new Stephen Lawless production of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore”. Lawless established the opera’s time and place as several years into World War II, in a small Italian Village, that is in the process of being liberated by the American army. (Ashley Martin-Davis was Scenic [...]

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