Opera & Ballet

Collected opera and ballet reviews

Rare Jazz Opera Punches Below Its Weight

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United StatesUnited StatesTerence Blanchard, Champion: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Opera Parallèle, Nicole Paiement (conductor), co-presented by SFJAZZ, SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco. 19.2.2016 (HS)

(L to R) Kenneth Kellogg as Young Emile Griffith, Karen Slack as Emelda Griffith and Arthur Woodley as Old Emile Griffith in the Opera Parallèle and SFJAZZ co-production of Terence Blanchard’s “Champion: An Opera in Jazz” February 19-28 at SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco. (Photo: Bill Evans)
(L to R) Kenneth Kellogg as Young Emile Griffith, Karen Slack as Emelda Griffith and Arthur Woodley as Old Emile Griffith in the Opera Parallèle and SFJAZZ co-production of Terence Blanchard’s “Champion: An Opera in Jazz” February 19-28 at SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco. (Photo: Bill Evans)

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A Sunny Production of Il Signor Bruschino

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United StatesUnited States Rossini, Il Signor Bruschino: Soloists, College-Conservatory of Music, Avishai Shalom (conductor), Frances Rabalais (stage director), Kristen Budke (scenic designer), Dean Mogle (costume designer), Kelly Yurko and Danae R. Jimenez (wigs and make up design), Erik McCandless (lighting designer). College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 20.2.2016. (RDA)

Stage director Frances Rabalais and music director Avishai Shalom at work on "Il Signor Bruschino" (Photo: Adam Zeek)
Soprano Erica Intelangelo and music director Avishai Shalom at work on “Il Signor Bruschino” (Photo: Adam Zeek)

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