12 Sep 2009
'Il Trovatore' by the San Francisco Opera
http://www.mercurynews.com/arts/ci_13326384
https://boydellandbrewer.com/bizet-s-i-carmen-i-uncovered.html
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A musical challenge to our view of the past
https://vimeo.com/operarara/how-to-rescue-an-opera
http://www.mercurynews.com/arts/ci_13326384
By Richard Scheinin [Mercury News, 12 September 2009]
As is the tradition, the new season at San Francisco Opera was ushered in Saturday night with “The Star-Spangled Banner.” But the bombs weren’t bursting in air. Nicola Luisotti, the company’s new music director, conducted the orchestra almost as if it were an Italian village band, taking the national anthem at a slow clip — charming, but a little odd.