San Francisco Splash Operanut is at it again; this time a weekend of one opera by two companies. Continue reading
Old to the world, new to me — the following operas, that is. Stanislaw Moniuszko’s Halka had its first performance in 1848; Ambrose Thomas’ Hamlet had its first performance in 1868; I first knew of the existence of either opera in 2009; I first attended both operas last weekend, March 27-28, 2010. I thoroughly enjoyed both performances and will share my thoughts on them with San Francisco Splash readers. Continue reading
Siegfried
Wagner
March 21 and 24, 2010
Valencia (Spain) HD
HD at Camera 7 Pruneyard, Campbell, CA
Der Rosenkavalier
Strauss
January 9, 2010
Met HD
Cinemark, Palo Alto, CA
TALES OF HOFFMANN
Offenbach
December 19, 2009
Met HD
Cinemark, Palo Alto, CA
TURANDOT
Puccini
November 7, 2009
Met HD
Cinemark, Palo Alto, CA
Cosé¬ Fan Tutte
Mozart
Performed at the Salzburg Festival, Austria
Conducted by Adam Fischer
Directed by Claus Guth
Starring Miah Persson and Isabel Leonard
HD at Camera 7 Pruneyard, Campbell, CA
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TOSCA
Puccini
October 10, 2009
Met HD
Cinemark, Palo Alto, CA
No question about it. Tosca is my favorite opera (at least until the next time I see Rigoletto or Carmen or La Boheme or Tales of Hoffman or Barber of Seville or Figaro or Mephistopheles or . . . ). It has everything. Continue reading
. . . . an easy daylight drive in light traffic to Campbell, and at 11 am Sunday there I was attending
MARIA STUARDO
Donizetti
Performed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan
. . . . a four-mile drive to Lucie Stern theater in Palo Alto, and there I was watching
LA BOHÈME
Puccini
October 24, 2009
West Bay Opera
Palo Alto, CA
