As the vehicle for her return to the San Francisco Opera after a decade’s absence, Renee Fleming introduced California audiences to an opera and production that she has championed, the John Pascoe production of Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia”. The Fleming-Pascoe collaboration on Donizetti’s influential masterpiece – a milestone in Italian opera – is clearly a labor [...]
Entries from September 2011
Fleming, Fabiano, Frizza Fuel San Francisco Opera’s Flaming, Fulfilling First “Lucrezia Borgia” – September 23, 2011
September 24th, 2011
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Living the Seine to Santa Fe Circuit: An Interview with Frederic Chaslin
September 22nd, 2011
The following interview was conducted at the Santa Fe Opera “ranch” in August, 2011. The facilitation of this interview by the Santa Fe Opera is very much appreciated. [Below: Conductor and Santa Fe Opera Music Director Frederic Chaslin.] Wm: You were born in Paris. What were the influences that led you into a career with [...]
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Stylish Production, Fine Cast for “Cosi fan Tutte” – Los Angeles Opera, September 18, 2011
September 19th, 2011
Mozart’s “Cosi fan Tutte”, not performed by the Los Angeles Opera in a decade and a half, has been mounted in an elegant production, created for the 2006 Glyndebourne Festival by Nicholas Hytner (since knighted as Sir Nicholas), to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth. [Below: Sir Nicholas Hytner, who conceived the production of "Cosi [...]