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Operatic Saint Louis: A dark, driven "Rigoletto" at Union Avenue Opera
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News, reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and looks backstage on all things opera in our fair city. Monday, August 3, 2015. A dark, driven "Rigoletto" at Union Avenue Opera. Jordan Shanahan and Lacy Sauter. Is following up on its highly praised "Don Giovanni". With an impressive production of Verdi's 1851 tragedy, "Rigoletto.". Jordan Shanahan and James Callon. Or "Dead Man Walking,". You already now that Mr. Shanahan boasts both a big, wide-ranging voice (with solid bottom notes that sound more like th...
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Operatic Saint Louis: Singing as Olympic sport in Opera Theatre's "Richard the Lionheart"
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News, reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and looks backstage on all things opera in our fair city. Sunday, June 21, 2015. Singing as Olympic sport in Opera Theatre's "Richard the Lionheart". Yes, that’s right: an opera written in Italian by a German-born composer celebrates the English virtues of George II, a German-born King. It’s enough to make your head spin. One other thing that might make your head spin if you're not an opera and/or classical music fan is that fact that the male leads in "Richard the ...
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Operatic Saint Louis: Puccini's music and Opera Theatre's performers star in "La Rondine"
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News, reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and looks backstage on all things opera in our fair city. Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Puccini's music and Opera Theatre's performers star in "La Rondine". Act II quartet and chorus. Sydney Mancasola and John McVeigh. In both the first and third versions, the libretto of "La Rondine" is often so cryptic that it's nearly telegraphic. "We are given minimal background information concerning the characters," observed Mr. Gieleta in an interview with me. During tech week, "a...
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Operatic Saint Louis: Opera Preview: OTSL's MIchael Gieleta on the modermism of Puccini's 'La Rondine'
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News, reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and looks backstage on all things opera in our fair city. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Opera Preview: OTSL's MIchael Gieleta on the modermism of Puccini's 'La Rondine'. This Saturday, May 30th, Opera Theatre of St. Louis. OTSL considered the original, Monte Carlo-premiered version of "La Rondine" most immediate and straightforward and that was the version it was decided to go along with. It may mean that our male lead misses out on his "Parigi è una città dei deside...
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Operatic Saint Louis: A conversation with Michael Shell, stage director for Opera Theatre's "The Barber of Seville"
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News, reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and looks backstage on all things opera in our fair city. Tuesday, May 19, 2015. A conversation with Michael Shell, stage director for Opera Theatre's "The Barber of Seville". Opera Theatre of St. Louis. This will be OTSL's sixth production of the opera. In an email interview, I asked stage director Michael Shell (who directed Mozart's "Cosi fan Tutte" for OTSL back in 2012. What to expect in this latest version of the Rossini classic. I agree completely. Tends ...
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Operatic Saint Louis: May 2014
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News, reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and looks backstage on all things opera in our fair city. Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Review of "The Magic Flute" at Opera Theatre of St. Louis. L to R) Opera Theatre’s chorus, Lindsey Jones as Isis, and Dwayne Brown as Osiris. In Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ 2014 production of The Magic Flute. Photo © Ken Howard, 2014. Indeed, the Queen of the Night provides one of the opera's most visually striking moments as she sweeps up from the stage left vom in an impressive mi...
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Operatic Saint Louis: Interview with Tenor Anthony Webb
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News, reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and looks backstage on all things opera in our fair city. Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Interview with Tenor Anthony Webb. Makes his Union Avenue Opera debut in A Streetcar Named Desire. Singing the role of Harold "Mitch" Mitchell. He last performed in St. Louis as a Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theatre Saint Louis, where he sang the role of Pirelli in Sweeney Todd. His recent repertoire includes the roles of Sam in Susannah. Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
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Operatic Saint Louis: August 2014
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News, reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and looks backstage on all things opera in our fair city. Friday, August 22, 2014. Anna Russell Explains The Ring Cycle. Think you'll be confused by the plot of Siegfried. Without having seen Das Rheingold. Let British humorist Anna Russell. Get you up to speed with her succinct, hilarious analysis of Wagner's Ring Cycle:. The above embedded video is a playlist of three videos.). And runs August 23. May be purchased online at www.unionavenueopera.org. Is reduced and...
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Operatic Saint Louis: September 2013
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News, reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and looks backstage on all things opera in our fair city. Friday, September 13, 2013. Winter Opera Saint Louis Interviewed on STL TV. Winter Opera Saint Louis. General Director Gina Galati. And Music Director Steven Jarvi. Sat down for an interview with STL TV. To discuss the company and its upcoming seventh season. The above embedded video is a playlist of two videos.). Winter Opera Saint Louis. S season begins on November 8 and 10 with Faust. Opera in Saint Louis.
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Operatic Saint Louis: August 2015
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News, reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and looks backstage on all things opera in our fair city. Monday, August 3, 2015. A dark, driven "Rigoletto" at Union Avenue Opera. Jordan Shanahan and Lacy Sauter. Is following up on its highly praised "Don Giovanni". With an impressive production of Verdi's 1851 tragedy, "Rigoletto.". Jordan Shanahan and James Callon. Or "Dead Man Walking,". You already now that Mr. Shanahan boasts both a big, wide-ranging voice (with solid bottom notes that sound more like th...
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