A plodding La bohème in San Francisco never quite takes off
Overall, this was a superb achievement and a thrilling season opener for the San Francisco Opera.
A perfect escape for a city laden with recent layoffs and job cuts coming into Holiday season
The second act of Dream of the Red Chamber reached the apex and provided the audience with soul-stirring fulfillment.
Ludwig van Beethoven’s “rescue opera” Fidelio was presented by San Francisco Opera as their first new production of the season last Thursday in reinterpreted fashion.
The San Francisco Opera became the first US opera company to present a full-blown production indoors on its home turf this season when they ushered the US opera audience into 2021-22 Season on Saturday September 21 with a stellar performance of Giacomo Puccini’s perennial favorite Tosca.
From the technical standpoint San Francisco Opera’s Billy Budd was pretty much flawless.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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