The July-August timeframe in the San Francisco Bay Area is always exciting time in terms of opera.
“Tame” seemed to be the appropriate adjective to describe San Francisco Opera’s Carmen.
If I’d gotten an hour less sleep you’d now find me mixing everything up and writing about Mrs. Lovett making her entrance on a bronze horse like Peter the Great.
Kitsch is alive and well in Rossini’s La Cenerentola at the War Memorial.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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