Ballet San Jose is looking for two, well-behaved Borzoi (Russian Wolfhounds) to be part of their season opener “Giselle.” The dogs will be walked onstage by a performer, walk in a circle, then stand on stage during a scene. They need to be comfortable around large groups of people, music and possible applause from the [...]
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Spotted In the Mercury News
Early alert Catch a premiere Opera San Jose soon opens its 27th season with “Anna Karenina,” American composer David Carlson’s setting of the 19th-century novel by Leo Tolstoy. This will be the West Coast premiere of “Anna Karenina,” which opens for eight performances at the California Theatre in downtown San Jose on Sept. 11. It’s [...]
Some Assembly Required
… but you won’t have to make oboe reeds. (Of course I might have to — who knows what my reeds will do at the other end of the country.) So now the event has also made Anne Midgett’s blog in the Washington Post!
SF Opera on KQED
Rita Moreno will host the KQED Public Television 9 broadcasts of four San Francisco opera productions, examiner.com reports. The series will include Giacomo Puccini’s MADAMA BUTTERFLY, starring Patricia Racette, on August 26; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI, starring Mariusz Kwiecien, on September 2; Puccini’s LA RONDINE, starring Angela Gheorghiu, on September 16; and Camille Saint-Saëns’s [...]
Good Thing I No Longer Have Houseplants
… because I missed this cultural retreat for plants drop off date: SATURDAY, July 31st Houseplant Vacation – Plant drop off 11am- 6pm The Hammer invites you to give your houseplant a vacation during our August cultural retreat for plants. Throughout the entire month, participant’s plants will be installed in the light flooded Lindbrook terrace, [...]
Wanna Play? (Repost)
(Putting this up again. Because.) Call for Orchestral Players – operamission is presenting Così fan tutte August 17-22. A reading orchestra is being assembled for four sessions to jam through Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte with a spectacular cast of singers at New York’s Gershwin Hotel on 27th St & 5th Avenue. Qualified players of [...]
Opera San José In The Park & The Library
If you can’t make it up to Yerba Buena Gardens to hear Merola, perhaps you can make it to this: Music in the Park Los Gatos July 25, 2010 5-6:30pm Featuring Opera San José Just a bit later you could get a bit of the upcoming production of Anna Karenina from OSJ singers: Anna Karenina-Opera [...]
Wanna Play?
Call for Orchestral Players – operamission is presenting Così fan tutte August 17-22. A reading orchestra is being assembled for four sessions to jam through Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte with a spectacular cast of singers at New York’s Gershwin Hotel on 27th St & 5th Avenue. Qualified players of the following instruments are invited [...]
Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox competition for oboe
Repertoire for the 2011 Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox competition for oboe The International Double Reed Society is pleased to announce the repertoire for the 30th annual Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox performance competition being held for oboists in the summer of 2011 at the annual conference in Tempe, AZ, USA. Further details will be available in the competition [...]
The Kennedy Tribute
Last night, May 18, acclaimed actors Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, and Cherry Jones joined conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra for the world premiere performance of The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers, at Symphony Hall in Boston, MA. Written by composer Peter Boyer and lyricist Lynn [...]
OboeWorks
I just learned that OboeWorks is for sale. Anyone interested in going in the biz?
OperaPlot
The Omniscient Mussel is doing the opera plot thing again. Here’s some info (and wow … Jonas Kaufmann is the judge this year!): OPERAPLOT 2010 – The Lowdown Dates: 9am EST Monday 26th April to midnight EST Friday 30th April. Judge: Jonas Kaufmann Headlining House: Opera Theatre Company based in Dublin is offering two tickets [...]
Opera Director, Terry Gilliam
The Oscar-nominated screenwriter will direct a new production of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust. ENO’s artistic director John Berry said: “He is a great storyteller and opera is all about telling a story.” Ten performances of his work will be staged at the London Coliseum in Covent Garden from 6 May 2011. RTWT Probably my [...]
SSV
The Symphony Silicon Valley season has been announced in the Merc so I can finally put the info here. Straight from the article (which came out on April 3): Here are details: Sept. 30, Oct. 2-3: Cleve leads the season opener, featuring Schumann’s Symphony No. 1; Mahler’s “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of the Wayfarer)” [...]
Thomas Hampson, Coach
Thomas Hampson Coaching & Webcast The renowned American baritone and Manhattan School of Music Distinguished Visiting Artist coaches select small ensembles comprised of students in the Orchestral Performance Program. The groups will study, transcribe, and perform pieces from some of Gustav Mahler’s most famous song cycles, including “Kindertotenlieder”. Presented in collaboration by the Distance Learning [...]