Opera Warhorses

[The two parts of this interview took place in the Press Room of the War Memorial Opera House, where Mark Delavan was performing the role of Wotan in the San Francisco Opera Company's production of Wagner's "Die Walkuere".] Wm: You came from a musical family, your father being a college-level teacher of chorale conducting and [...]

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Previously, I had reviewed the first performance of this season’s production of Gounod’s “Faust” (see Racette Ravishing, Relyea Riveting in San Francisco “Faust” – June 5, 2010). This was the second of three separate mountings of the Robert Perdziola’s sets owned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago that I was or will be scheduled to review, [...]

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[Both parts of the following interview took place in the Green Room (now the Press Room) of the San Francisco Opera's War Memorial Opera House, where John Relyea was performing the role of Mephistopheles in Gounod's "Faust".] Wm:  You were born into a operatic family in Toronto with classically trained singing parents. Your father, Gary [...]

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