Busyness as usual
Emilio Sagi’s production of The Barber of Seville is ungepotchket in the flesh.
Efraín Solís
9 pieces since 2014 — in 9 roles, at 7 companies, most often at San Francisco Opera.
9
pieces
9
roles
7
companies
13
years
Role Ambrogio
Role Argante
Da capo days of summer
San Francisco goes baroque with performances of Handel‘s Alcina, Tolomeo, and Rinaldo.
Role Dandini
Angelina’s ashes
Kitsch is alive and well in Rossini’s La Cenerentola at the War Memorial.
Role Figaro
A touch of class
For the season opener, Opera San José decided to explore the class conflict central to Le nozze di Figaro by transporting the opera to India, specifically during the British Raj.
Role Golaud
Dazed and confused
Last weekend marked the opening night for West Edge Opera: Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande.
Role Mark
Okay by me in America
Mariachi bands travel the world, make appearances in Hollywood, and moonlight on Linda Ronstadt albums.
Role Papageno
Pa-Pa-Pa-Planter’s Punch
With a primary color, projection-heavy English-language Magic Flute that’s going to feel like a matinee whenever you see it, the SFO season has lived up to its initial promise.
Role Schaunard
If you’re cold, they’re cold
La bohème at The Santa Fe Opera feels warmed over in more ways than one.
Role Tancredi
Big time sensuality
Barbara Strozzi links two sensuous programs by L’Arpeggiata and Catapult Opera.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).