December 2019 – Opera Warhorses

Grading San Francisco Opera Performances for Calendar Year 2019

June 2, 2023December 31, 2019 by William Burnett

Since my junior high school years, I have been attending performances of the San Francisco Opera. Beginning with calendar year 2006, I have given letter grades to each of San Francisco Opera’s productions during that calendar year. These are my grades for 2019 – the 14th year of these grades. Calendar year 2006 began the … Read more

Review: A Youthful Cast Excels in Los Angeles Opera “Magic Flute” – December 1, 2019

January 17, 2020December 5, 2019 by William Burnett

Six years ago I reviewed the Los Angeles Opera’s first performance of Barrie Kosky’s production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” [Outrageously Inventive, Unceasingly Entertaining – Kosky/Andrade /Barritt’s Silent Movie “Magic Flute” Wows L. A. – Los Angeles Opera, November 23, 2013]. As before, the spoken dialogue is cut and the arias and recitativo accompagnato passages … Read more