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  • Theater Opening: BEACHES THE MUSICAL (Theatre Calgary in Alberta, Canada)

    Two women on a beach with a bright sky, promoting 'Beaches The Musical.'
    By Paul Selar | August 1, 2023
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    Theatre Calgary in Canada will present the international premiere of Beaches the Musical, based on the best-selling novel, which was made into the blockbuster film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey. Beaches follows two extraordinary friends through 30 years of camaraderie, laughter, sorrow, and love. Vivacious, outlandish Cee Cee and beautiful, privileged Bertie meet as…

  • San Francisco Opera Preview: LA TRAVIATA (SF Opera)

    By Paul Selar | June 6, 2014
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    THE HEROINE MIGHT: BUT THIS OPERA WILL NEVER DIE When the theater lights fade to darkness at the War Memorial Opera House, the first notes of La Traviata will introduce a somber musical theme heard again in Act III’s prelude, leading to the final tragic ending. In between, you’ll get to know Violetta Valéry, and…

  • San Francisco Theater Review: SHOW BOAT (SF Opera)

    By Paul Selar | June 4, 2014
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    SHOW BOAT JUST KEEPS ROLLING ALONG At San Francisco Opera’s summer company premiere of Show Boat, the first image at the War Memorial Opera House is a proscenium-high curtain depicting an enlarged expressionistic image of a steamer’s paddle wheel and two narrow, black smoke stacks. There’s an alluring monumentality to the image, and the solid,…

  • Los Angeles Opera Review: THAíS (LA Opera)

    By Paul Selar | June 1, 2014
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    ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD Headlining Plácido Domingo and Georgian soprano Nino Machaidze, the extravagance of LA Opera’s production of Massenet’s 1894 opera, Thaïs, is a veritable banquet of visual delights (this version was first seen in Seville in 2012, and also starred both Domingo and Machaidze). Thaïs tells the story of the celebrated…

  • Los Angeles Opera Preview: THAíS (LA Opera)

    By Paul Selar | May 11, 2014
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    DAZZLING DOMINGO IN MASSENET’S MASTERPIECE What do world-renowned singers do once they have reached the age of retirement? On the strength of their name, they fill cabarets and concert houses across the land with nostalgia-filled patrons who seek a glimpse of their heroes live. Recent years have seen both opera and Broadway stars in just…

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