Opera Warhorses

An appreciation and analysis of the ‘Standard Repertory’ of opera

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Entries from July 2009

Tom’s Tips on the Santa Fe Opera Scene: Discovering America’s Ultimate in Summer Opera

July 31st, 2009

By this time, every opera lover knows that each summer something very special is happening in the world opera  – in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  The Santa Fe Opera presents a season of five operas all summer in its resplendent outdoor (but covered) opera house-in-the-desert in the hills just north of Santa Fe.  It is hard to imagine [...]

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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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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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