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Comment on Into the Fire: Verdi’s Il trovatore by Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi

Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:59:47 +0000

Thank you for this explanation, which illuminates the reason that, every time I prepare to see “Il Trovatore,” I feel the need to read the libretto (or at least a synopsis) multiple times to fix the plot in my mind. I’ve always wondered why I had trouble with the plot, despite having listened to “Trovatore” recordings many, many times because my mother played this opera incessantly. (It was her fave, and I do give her credit because her focus was always on Azucena.)

Our family is using this opera as an occasion for a “mini” reunion. This blog entry will help all nine of us present on opening night to enjoy this opera to the max!

Comment on Pamila Gray by The Last Waltz of the Gilded Age | Opera San Jose

The Last Waltz of the Gilded Age | Opera San Jose — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:26:34 +0000

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Comment on David Rohrbaugh by The Last Waltz of the Gilded Age | Opera San Jose

The Last Waltz of the Gilded Age | Opera San Jose — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:20:51 +0000

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Comment on Larry Hancock by Why is that girl on stage dressed like a boy? | Opera San Jose

Why is that girl on stage dressed like a boy? | Opera San Jose — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:59:08 +0000

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Comment on Interview with Cecilia Violetta López by Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi

Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:51:49 +0000

Very inspiring interview. As an undergrad with a Latin American Studies major and an appreciator of mariachi music, I love Ms. Lopez’s story of going from mariachis to opera!

Comment on Some Thoughts on The Pearl Fishers – Part III by Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi

Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:39:30 +0000

Thanks for this examination of cultural issues; helpful to those of us who may be aware of some of these things and be distracted by the anomalies during the opera. I need to re-read this before opening night!

Comment on Some Thoughts on The Pearl Fishers – Part II by Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi

Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:28:45 +0000

Very interesting entry–gives me insights into what I will be seeing. Again, thanks.

Comment on Some Thoughts on The Pearl Fishers: Part I by Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi

Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:22:19 +0000

Thank you for this elucidating blog entry about Bizet. Looking forward to Part II and to seeing “The Pearl Fishers” as produced by OSJ.

Comment on Some Thoughts on The Pearl Fishers – Part II by Joseph D'Agostino

Joseph D'Agostino — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:24:04 +0000

Enlightening, as usual, Larry; however, I’m afraid I would nitpick and say American musical Theatre matured years before West Side Story with “Showboat” or pehaps “Oklahoma.”

Comment on Gounod’s Redemption of Faust by Bob Nusbaum

Bob Nusbaum — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:52:15 +0000

My wife and I enjoyed the May 4 performance greatly, especially Silas Elash making the most out of Mephistopheles, one of the juiciest roles in the canon. We were a bit put off by the deus-baby-sister-angel-ex-machina denouement, though we can understand how Gounod may have felt cultural pressure not to allow evil to triumph in the end.

Still, it was the first work I could remember that could be summed up as:

“…and they both died happily ever after”