Color my world
San Francisco Opera has unveiled a brand-new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s warhorse classic La traviata, the first “to be built in San Francisco Opera’s scene and costume shops in 35 years.”
Philip Skinner
9 pieces since 2016 — in 9 roles, at 2 companies, most often at San Francisco Opera.
9
pieces
9
roles
2
companies
11
years
By role
By company
Role Baron Douphol
Role Dansker
Miss me blond
From the technical standpoint San Francisco Opera’s Billy Budd was pretty much flawless.
Role Duke of Verona
Get this Pati started
Politics and romance entangled in a spectacular fashion at San Francisco Operas’s Roméo et Juliette.
Role Geronte
Strangers when we meet
The San Francisco Opera, perhaps incidentally, continued their exploration of operas based on literary works by mounting the revival of Giacomo Puccini’s first success, Manon Lescaut.
Role King Arkel
Dazed and confused
Last weekend marked the opening night for West Edge Opera: Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande.
Role King Marke
Tristan up close
Sunday, August 26, marked the inaugural performance for the newly-created The Claude Heater Foundation with a concert performance of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde in the Herbst Theatre.
Role Lepidus
Classic example: ‘Antony’ at SFO
Antony and Cleopatra was an auspicious start to San Francisco Opera’s second century, a performance that seems to improve as I continue to think about it.
Role Priam
Not since Ilium
As I mentioned in a previous post, one of my two favorite operas is Les Troyens,
Role Un moine
Les infants terribles
Don Carlos is my favorite Verdi opera, and I’m always in favor of including the most music. But it can be a dizzying task to keep track of all the options.