Opera Warhorses

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

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

July 9th, 2010

By this time, every opera lover knows that each summer something very special is happening in the world of 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 [...]

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Tom’s Tips for the Los Angeles Opera Scene

September 5th, 2009

Los Angeles Opera opens its 2009 Fall season with Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” on Saturday evening, September 12th, conducted by James Conlon, with Giuseppe Filianoti as Nemorino, debuting soprano Nino Michaidze as Adina, and Nathan Gunn as Belcore.
Other  highlights of the Fall season (September through December) include a new production of Wagner’s “Siegfried”, the third episode [...]

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Tom’s Tips on the San Francisco Opera Scene

September 2nd, 2009

The San Francisco Opera 2009 fall season mounts six productions opening with a gala cast in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” conducted by newly installed music director Nicola Luisotti.   Following are productions of Puccini’s “Il Trittico” (featuring Patricia Racette in all three operas and Paolo Gavanelli in two; of Mozart’s “Abduction from the Seraglio”, Donizetti’s “La [...]

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