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.
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pieces
9
roles
2
companies
11
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By role
By company
6 pieces as San Francisco Opera — stats above show all coverage for Philip Skinner.
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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.
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.
Miss me blond
From the technical standpoint San Francisco Opera’s Billy Budd was pretty much flawless.
Get this Pati started
Politics and romance entangled in a spectacular fashion at San Francisco Operas’s Roméo et Juliette.
Not since Ilium
As I mentioned in a previous post, one of my two favorite operas is Les Troyens,