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Dolora Zajick Replaced at SFO 27 Aug 2013 | 05:41 am
American Mezzo Soprano Dolora Zajick has withdrawn from her performances in the World Premiere of composer Tobias Pickers new work ‘Dolores Claiborne‘ which is to take place with the San Francisco Ope...
Aida Opens Houston Season 27 Aug 2013 | 12:27 am
Aida will open the Houston Grand Opera 2013 -2014 season on the evening of October 18th for a run of seven performances. If COMMANDOpera was obliged to choose a single favourite of the continually mou...
Elektra at the Royal Opera House 26 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm
Elektra will prima on the evening of September 23rd at the Royal Opera House at 8 P.M. London time for a run of six performances. COMMANDOpera was rather astonished to find Miss Adrianne Pieczonka as ...
The Macbeth’s Return 26 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm
The most venomous pairing of artists for Macbeth in recent history will re unite in a production at the Minnesota Opera at the end of January 2014. COMMANDOpera advises global readers long in advance ...
FIXED Operalia 2013 Is In 26 Aug 2013 | 08:53 pm
Well the long ago determined fixed results for Operalia 2013 were announced last evening: The Culturarte Prize US$10,000, offered by Guillermo and Bertita Martínez, went to the tenor Vladimir Dmitruk,...
Note From A Well Furnished Man 23 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm
COMMANDOpera is likely in its final year of existence, although one may change course on a whim. After retiring at the age of 47 largely thanks to strategic real estate investments, I determined to go...
The Art of The Formal Review 23 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am
COMMANDOpera came across this interesting review from the New York Times circa 1925, regarding the premiere of a silent film entitled ‘Madame Sans Gene‘. Most interesting to readers will be the comple...
Abysmal Metropolitan Season 21 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm
Peter Gelb should fire Jonathan Friend. The 2013 – 2014 season at the Metropolitan is laughable if only for its tired veneer of engaged artists who populate their productions. Mr. Friend makes good sp...
Michael Fabiano Vocal Issues 1 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
COMMANDOpera has heard from three separate reliable resources that American tenor Michael Fabiano’s current tournee in Sante Fe as Alfredo in La Traviata are not going well. His performances have been...
Miss Leathers on Howard Stern 30 Jul 2013 | 10:44 pm
COMMANDOpera notes the summer is relatively thin where the art form is concerned, and one must admit that 2013 has indeed become the silly season. Anthony Weiner without question is comprised of treme...
