PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The American diva tells Matt Dobkin why starring in all three operas of Puccini's Il Trittico (Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica , and Gianni Schicchi ) is the ride of her life. The production opens at the Met Nov. 20.
Artmanmusic (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
My Friday 13th of November 13th ended with an orgy of great singing which continued until the early hours of the 14th. The cause of my ecstasy was the arrival of the Readers Digest album- The World’s Greatest Voices. There are five programmes each on a separate audio disk and an extensive booklet with info on each track. Programme one is entitled Enchanting arias with an emphasis on tenderness...
Hollie Steel (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Hollie’s MySpace page has 2 tracks of Hollie singing: O mio (an aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi) and Nessun Dorma (an aria from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot). Hollie’s voice shines through in this operatic songs. The photo of Hollie is from her MySpace site. The site also includes a video of Hollie solving [...]
Paul in London (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
In a week packed full of culture and goings on, Tuesday night's trip to the opera to see Ravel's L'Heure Espagnole and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi was a real treat. Well when giant cleavage greets you when you enter the theatre (it was on the curtain, not in the audience), you know it is going to be a bit of a fun evening. Both performances and productions were excellent. Director Richard Jones (who...
The Stage (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Royal Opera House, London: Richard Jones' double bill of one-act comedies hits the spot in every conceivable way. Ravel's suggestive farce Spanish Time shows clockmaker's wife Concepcion dallying with her various lovers while her husband is out, with a hunky muleteer unwittingly moving them around the house in clock cases. Puccini's mordant comedy presents wily peasant Gianni Schicchi helping a wealthy...
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
When Richard Jones’ double-bill of Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole and Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi premiered in 2007 it was celebrated for its tragi-comic assessment of the themes of lust and greed. In this, its first revival at Coven...
The Rehearsal Studio (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
SF Opera Examiner Cindy Warner has concluded her one-by-one examination of the three parts of Giacomo Puccini's Il Trittico with a piece on "Gianni Schicchi;" so it seems only fair that I offer a concluding reflection on her reflections. This time my personal free association invokes the memory of a lecture that I once heard Martha Graham give at the American Dance Festival, back when it...
the concert (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Before we headed out to Aida last night, I realized that I was going to be adding a new opera to my “list” of works I’ve seen. I’d never actually written them all down, though, so this morning I’ve been going through my memory (and opera company archive websites), and I think I’ve come up with most of them: 67! Not bad, I think. Do any of you do this? Maury ? JSU...
ZYZZYVASPEAKS (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
I had always assumed that Callas got the most out of anything and everything, including Puccini's beautiful " O mio babbino caro ." I once spent too many hours checking out the competition on YouTube. Yesterday, I went to see the one-act opera in which the aria is the star, Gianni Schicchi , which I've never paid any attention to. Imagine my surprise when I found out that it is Puccini's...
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
The opening-night performance of 'Il Trittico' (featuring the one-acts 'Il Tabarro,' 'Suor Angelica' and 'Gianni Schicchi') started strong but ran out of thrills quite awhile before the final curtain.
San Francisco Sentinel (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
Soprano Patricia Racette debuts as the heroines of Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi By Seán Martinfield Sentinel Editor and Publisher Photo by Lynn Imanaka For the third time in the 87 year history of the Company, San Francisco Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s complete triptych Il Trittico, opening on September 15th with five subsequent performances through October 3rd at...
Rebecca's Journal (Free subscription) | 06/07/2009
On Friday afternoon, I was planning a visit to the library for the following day. By 9pm, I had agreed to photograph a wedding for a sick colleague. Matt Pereira gave me all the information I needed to cover the wedding on my own, but on the day, was able to be lead photographer, with me second shooting. The day was very long, but wonderful and Anna and Jason had set aside a full hour for their portraits...
Art & Cultural Events List (Free subscription) | 22/06/2009
Mass Theatrica presents an Italian Opera Night on Wednesday, July 15, 7:30 PM at LynnArts, The Neal Rantoul Vault Theater, 25 Exchange Street, Lynn, MA. Come all opera aficionados and newcomers alike! Enjoy some beloved and timeless favorites, including arias and duets from operas by Handel (Giulio Cesare), Mozart (Cosi Fan Tutte), Donizetti (L’Elisir d’Amore and Lucia di Lammermoor), Puccini...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
When Woody Allen agreed to direct the Puccini opera “Gianni Schicchi” for the Los Angeles Opera, he said, “I have no idea what I’m doing.”
Fabric Dragon (Free subscription) | 30/04/2009
well i took mom to the Opera... it was two short Operas with an intermission between them: L'Enfant Et Les Sortileges by Ravel and Collette Gianni Schicchi by Puccini while the staging was very well done on L'enfent, it couldn't save the basically bad plot. the music was pretty, and it was all very surreal, but in general not an opera i would go see again (although the meow duet between two cats was...
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