Month: August 2012

Review: Erin Wall, Mark Delavan Are Superb in Elegant New Production of “Arabella” – Santa Fe Opera, August 1, 2012

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The Santa Fe Opera’s new production of “Arabella” marked the return of Richard Strauss to the Summer Festival repertory after an absence of four seasons –  the first time in Santa Fe Opera history that the Viennese composer’s compositions had been absent for that length of time. Erin Wall’s Arabella The Festival’s last performed Strauss … Read more

Review: The Stylishly Gallic Santa Fe Opera – Eric Cutler, Nicole Cabell Radiant in Bizet’s “Pearl Fishers”, July 31, 2012

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The Santa Fe Opera, over the past three festival seasons, has added three important 19th century French operas that it had never before produced in its 55 year history to its performance repertory. 2010 saw the company premiere of Offenbach’s “Tales of Hoffman”, 2011 of Gounod’s “Faust” and 2012 of Bizet’s “Les Pecheurs de Perles … Read more