Busyness as usual
Emilio Sagi’s production of The Barber of Seville is ungepotchket in the flesh.
Catherine Cook
5 pieces since 2015 — in 5 roles, at 2 companies, most often at San Francisco Opera.
5
pieces
5
roles
2
companies
12
years
By company
Role Berta
Role Gertrude
The last time I saw Paris
Trove Thursday goes mini-epic with Gustave Charpentier’s naturalistic slice-of-life of fin-de-siêcle Paris in a rare 1999 Renée Fleming performance of Louise co-starring Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey and Felicity Palmer.
Role Marcellina
Take care of this house
How does one make a performance of standard opera repertoire like Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro feel “fresh?”
Role Milk's mother
Pride before the fall
Opera Parallèle’s Harvey Milk Reimagined offers a fragmented portrait lacking the depth or coherence needed to honor Milk’s legacy
Role Mother Bailey
It’s a wonderful opera
There comes a time where everything falls into place, and more importantly, when your head and heart are also in the right mindset. That’s when when the opera becomes cathartic, life-changing experience.