A delightful and enduring Cinderella

Por Jaime Robles, 11 noviembre 2014

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“Freud should have gone to the opera more often”

Crítica hecha desde War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco el 9 noviembre 2014

Rossini, La Cenerentola

San Francisco Opera

Jesús López-Cobos, Dirección

Gregory A Fortner, Dirección de escena

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Diseño de escena

Maria Valdes, Clorinda

Karine Deshayes, Angelina (Cinderella)

Zanda Švēde, Tisbe

René Barbera, Don Ramiro

Efraín Solís, Dandini, valet to Ramiro

Christian Van Horn, Alidoro

Carlos Chausson, Don Magnifico

San Francisco Opera Orchestra

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****1

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Mark Pullinger, 18th September

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***11

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Edward Sava-Segal, 21st June

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Heggie creates a new holiday tradition for the opera world

Donna Stoering, 20th November

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*****

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Jaime Robles

Jaime Robles has previously written in the San Francisco Bay Area, including for the San Francisco Classical Voice. Also a poet, she has written song lyrics and librettos for several one-act operas, including Inferno (music by Peter Josheff), staged in 2009 by San Francisco Cabaret Opera, and Vladimir in Butterfly Country (music by Anne Callaway), staged in 2012.

A delightful and enduring Cinderella at San Francisco Opera