opera list

This is a list of all of the operas we've attended together.

Opera Date Opera House Comments
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdink) 16-Jan-03 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco No Arias.  Accessable.
Rigoletto (Verdi) 28-Nov-02 Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires Stunning house, production, musicians and singers - Argentineans take their opera seriously.
Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart) 31-Oct-02 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco  
Saint Francois D'Assise (Messiaen) 17-Oct-02 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Wow!  Modern, haunting, long.
Giulio Cesare (Handel) 19-Jun-02 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco A little too baroque for us - perhaps 'too many notes'
Madame Butterfly (Puccini) 2-Jun-02 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Fab - as usual. 
Carmen (Bizet) May-29-02 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Our Carmen was a little skinny for the role.
Jose Carraras Recital 12-May-02 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Numerous pieces performed by this great tenor.
Tosca (Puccini) 19-Jan-02 The Met, NYC Stunning production - incredible Scarpia
Tosca (Puccini) 15-Jan-02 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco More spare production than the Met but amazing singers. 
Merry Widow (Lehar) 29-Nov-01 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco  
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1-Oct-01 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco  
Parsifal (Wagner) 24-Jun-01 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco  
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.
Lakme (Delibes) 11-Mar-00 Seattle Opera House  
Madame Butterfly (Puccini) 1-Mar-00 The Met, NYC Beautiful production
Carmen (Bizet) 15-Feb-00 Lyric Opera, Chicago  
La Boheme (Puccini) 12-Jan-00 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Only the first act (that's when all the blockbuster arias are).
La Boheme (Puccini) 20-Nov-99 English National Opera, London Great but were surprised when Marcello began singing in English!
Les Indes Galantes (Rameau) 1-Sep-99 Palais Garnier, Paris A wonderful, French opera in a truly spectacular French opera house.