Robert, who has had the San Francisco Opera subscription seats across the aisle from me for decades, related a funny incident to me. According to him, a young woman, attending her first opera at a Los Angeles Opera performance of Puccini’s “Tosca”, came out at the intermission after the second act and remarked about Tosca [...]
Entries Tagged as '2005-2012: William’s Commentaries'
Opera in Live Performance, Thoughts and Assessments at the End of 2011, Part Two
January 3rd, 2012
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San Francisco Opera’s Calendar Year 2011 – Another Year of High Caliber Performances
December 20th, 2011
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Opera in Live Performance, Thoughts and Assessments at the End of 2011, Part One
December 10th, 2011
This Thoughts and Assessments Feature dates from the end of 2009, in which I add some thoughts outside of such other posts as my live performance reviews, my memorializations of the 50 year anniversaries of performances I attended, and my interviews with artists who sing, play, conduct, stage, design or write operas. Each year, I [...]