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Lucia Review – And a Special Extra Treat at West Bay Opera

Posted on March 7, 2013 by philip

The curtain comes down on the fourth and final performance of WBO’s production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor with tumultuous applause drowning out the last few chords of the orchestra.  Continue reading »

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MetHD Summer Encores

Posted on May 14, 2012 by philip

FYI here is the schedule of the six Encore performances that MetHD will be showing in June and July:  Continue reading »

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Kiss Me Lucia di la Mancha – A glorious musical weekend

Posted on April 7, 2011 by philip

What a fantastic 31 hours! Lucia di Lammermoor in Met HD starting at 10 am Saturday March 19 2011, continuing with the Gunn High School performance of Kiss Me, Kate Saturday evening, and ending at 5 pm Sunday when the curtain came down on Man of La Mancha performed by Symphony Silicon Valley as the final 2010-2011 Broadway in Concert series. Continue reading »

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Lucia di Lammermoor – Mary Zimmerman’s Production is Still Tops

Posted on March 27, 2011 by philip

Two years ago I saw the MetHD performance of the Mary Zimmerman production of Lucia di Lammermoor starring Anna Netrebko in the title role. This was before I knew about SPLASH, but I was so impressed that I wrote about the opera afterwards just to express my own reactions. Continue reading »

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Lucia di Lammermoor

Posted on March 7, 2009 by philip

On our way out of the Theater at half past one Saturday March 7, 2009, I asked Sara a rhetorical question, “Would you like to have lived back then?” Continue reading »

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