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Opera |
Date |
Opera House |
Comments |
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Hansel and Gretel (Humperdink) |
16-Jan-03 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
No Arias. Accessable. |
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Rigoletto (Verdi) |
28-Nov-02 |
Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires |
Stunning house, production, musicians and singers - Argentineans take
their opera seriously. |
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Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart) |
31-Oct-02 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
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Saint Francois D'Assise (Messiaen) |
17-Oct-02 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
Wow! Modern, haunting, long. |
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Giulio Cesare (Handel) |
19-Jun-02 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
A little too baroque for us - perhaps 'too many notes' |
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Madame Butterfly (Puccini) |
2-Jun-02 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
Fab - as usual. |
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Carmen (Bizet) |
May-29-02 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
Our Carmen was a little skinny for the role. |
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Jose Carraras Recital |
12-May-02 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
Numerous pieces performed by this great tenor. |
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Tosca (Puccini) |
19-Jan-02 |
The Met, NYC |
Stunning production - incredible Scarpia |
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Tosca (Puccini) |
15-Jan-02 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
More spare production than the Met but amazing singers. |
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Merry Widow (Lehar) |
29-Nov-01 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
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Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) |
1-Oct-01 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
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Parsifal (Wagner) |
24-Jun-01 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
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Der Fliegende Hollander (Wagner) |
25-Jul-00 |
Opera Bastille, Paris |
A long evening - we didn't know the story, they were singing in German
and the subtitles were in French. |
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Lakme (Delibes) |
11-Mar-00 |
Seattle Opera House |
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Madame Butterfly (Puccini) |
1-Mar-00 |
The Met, NYC |
Beautiful production |
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Carmen (Bizet) |
15-Feb-00 |
Lyric Opera, Chicago |
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La Boheme (Puccini) |
12-Jan-00 |
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco |
Only the first act (that's when all the blockbuster arias are). |
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La Boheme (Puccini) |
20-Nov-99 |
English National Opera, London |
Great but were surprised when Marcello began singing in English! |
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Les Indes Galantes (Rameau) |
1-Sep-99 |
Palais Garnier, Paris |
A wonderful, French opera in a truly spectacular French opera house. |