The Dallas Opera mounted Donizetti’s comedy “Don Pasquale” in the venerable Jean-Pierre Ponnelle production, originally created for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. The performance provided a vehicle for the American debut of Slovakian soprano Adriana Kucerova and the Dallas debut of Italian Conductor Stefano Ranzani. Written for four world-class voices, the Dallas Opera chose [...]
Entries from February 2010
Spirited, Beautifully Sung “Don Pasquale” at Dallas Opera – February 19, 2010
February 20th, 2010
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In Quest of Operas from Jules Barbier’s Paris
February 13th, 2010
I suspect that most opera goers spend rather little time thinking about the contributions that librettists make to the world of opera. Most will know that Wagner wrote all the words to his operas. Probably, most opera aficionados will associate the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte with Mozart, and Arrigo Boito with Verdi, and Hugo von [...]
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Interview with San Francisco Opera Center’s Sheri Greenawald
February 9th, 2010
[Note from William: Many of the major American opera companies, and their counterparts elsewhere in the world, have "Young Artists" programs for developing the opera singers of the future (as well as covering roles and singing the smaller parts of the season's operas). With this interview with the San Francisco Opera Center's director, Sheri Greenawald, [...]