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
 AIDA
Verdi
October 24, 2009
Met HD
Cinemark, Palo Alto, CA
Trivia Question: The earliest performance of The Magic Flute listed in the Met’s Archives section was in 1900. What language was it sung in? Continue reading
I’m being very spotty writing about the European HD performances. When I write in timely fashion about a Met HD Live Performance, some of you have told me that I have actually influenced your decision as to whether or not to go to the Encore presentation a week and a half later. Continue reading
