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Opera: Campbells could get up to $3 million more
It was the role of Carmen sung by Nino Surguladze in 2011. And yes, the fact that we only got Pagliacci and not the double bill was fueled my anger at that horrible production. Just out of curiosity, can you name another opera company that has done only Pagliacci, and not the pair? Thanks for your excellent reporting!— April 10, 2014 4:59 p.m.
Opera: Campbells could get up to $3 million more
Don, I have to disagree with you on Campbell being an "excellent judge of talent." Did you see Pagliacci? The soprano with a wobble you could drive a truck through, was absolutely abysmal. The tenor never should have been hired to sing Canio. The staging was horrible. The only good singer in that cast was Tonio. Pretty much a night (and a very short night) of ugly singing. I fumed in my orchestra seat during that production realizing how much I paid for what was probably the worst production I've ever seen at SDO. And then there was the tenor with the teeny tiny voice that Campbell hired to sing Calaf. As if that weren't bad enough, Campbell hired him to sing Manrico the next season!! It was impossible for him to sing it, and he backed out of the final performance and the Opera scrambled at the last minute to bring in Eduardo Villa. How many extra thousands of dollars did that cost? And then there was the last Carmen, another ugly voice and a singer who couldn't act. And then there was the tenor who couldn't sing or act Alfredo.... need I go on? Every once in a while, we get a singer worthy of an "international season" (as Campbell so loves to tout), like Furlanetto, Racette and Harteros, but sorry, most of the singers have been average to mediocre.— April 10, 2014 6:22 a.m.