Sunday, December 01, 2024

Opera 2024

Here's a list of all of the operas I saw in 2024, posted now rather than on December 31 because I won't be seeing any operas between now and the end of the year. (I have already ruled out an East Coast trip for Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Met.) I mean....Gurrelieder doesn't count, right? I'll be basking in its glory at the LA Phil in a couple of weeks. An asterisk indicates that the opera was new to me. 

  • Bulrusher, West Edge Opera*
  • Jacqueline, West Edge Opera*
  • The Finch Opera, Opera Parallèle*
  • Balls, Opera Parallèle*
  • Fellow Travelers, Opera Parallèle*
  • The RighteousSanta Fe Opera* (world premiere)
  • The Magic Flute, San Francisco Opera, Opera San José
  • Don Giovanni, Merola Opera, Santa Fe Opera
  • The Abduction from the Seraglio, Festival Napa Valley
  • Cosi fan tutte, Royal Opera, SFCM
  • Innocence, San Francisco Opera* (U.S. premiere)
  • Partenope, San Francisco Opera
  • Der Rosenkavalier, Santa Fe Opera
  • L'elisir d'Amore, Santa Fe Opera
  • The Daughter of the Regiment, Livermore Valley Opera
  • Tristan und Isolde, San Francisco Opera
  • The Handmaid's Tale, San Francisco Opera* (West Coast premiere)
  • Carmen, San Francisco Opera
  • Un ballo in maschera, San Francisco Opera
  • Bluebeard's Castle, San Francisco Symphony
  • Erwartung, San Francisco Symphony
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor, Pocket Opera*
  • Florencia en el Amazonas, Opera San José*
  • Dido and Aneaes, Festival Opera
  • La voix humaine, Festival Opera
  • La Bohème, Opera San Jose
  • La Flora, Ars Minerva* (U.S. and modern premiere)
Does Pierrot Lunaire count? It's dramatic but not like Erwartung. I saw it twice this year and had never seen it before.

2 comments:

David Bratman said...

I've seen 2 1/2 operas this year (I walked out on SF Opera's Magic Flute), and at least three musical theater shows, a genre I prefer.

Lisa Hirsch said...

I didn't much care for the Kosky Magic Flute and probably should have been more negative about it in my review.