It has been twenty-five years since San Francisco Opera has staged a Werther. so it was high time that Massenet’s whiney, weepy masterpiece be given another chance.
Month: September 2010
The Makropulos Case at ENO
In their programme note, Christopher Alden and Peter Littlefield explain the
concept which informs this dark, dystopian production of Jan·ček’s
penultimate opera, The Makropulos Case — a production first seen
at ENO in 2004:
Gluck the reformer
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/103639934.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnOiP3UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
The Makropulos Case, Coliseum, London
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/22/the-makropulos-case-review
Les VÍpres siciliennes, De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9c2cc52a-c65e-11df-9cda-00144feab49a.html
Aida in San Francisco
Opera as circus. The current San Francisco Aida comes from the English National Opera where an inspired and probably very excited administrator proposed a production by aging London fashionista Zandra Rhodes.
Bartoli to Helm Salzburg Whitsun Festival
http://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?archived=0&storyID=23567&categoryID=1
L.A. Opera to deliver ‘Il Postino’ premiere
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/19/entertainment/la-ca-daniel-catan-20100919
WNO’s ‘Opera in the Outfield’ event is a family-friendly day with Verdi
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/19/AR2010091904311.html
Fidelio, Welsh National Opera/ In the Penal Colony, Music Theatre Wales
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/8014259/Fidelio-Welsh-National-Opera-In-the-Penal-Colony-Music-Theatre-Wales-review.html