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San Francisco Opera - Girls of the Golden West Reviews
It's an interesting concept and an interesting account of some true
events/ real people in California history. The staging, sets, and
costumes are spectacular, the singers extremely skilled and with
amazing voices. It's a shame about the music, which was atonal, lacked
melody, and had the unfortunate habit of lulling one to sleep (the
woman next to me got an enviable 40 minute nap; I unfortunately
nodded in and out several times, completely losing track of the plot.)
The libretto is based on letters and eyewitness accounts, which is
interesting, but numerous lines are ponderously (and unnecessarily)
repeated, giving a bit of a lecturing tone. There were numerous seats
left empty after intermission, I noticed, and the applause seemed
polite in contrast to the normally effusive San Francisco audiences.
Doris Cheong from San Francisco, California
REALLY PUT ME TO SLEEP
Yes, this is probably the worst opera I have seen in my life.
I agree with the other reviews in that It was atonal and dissonant, it felt like the tones
were repeated again and again throughout the entire show.
Although, he second half was better which I was glad I did not leave after all. I felt
the performers sang well and had a wonderful operatic control. It's too bad they had
a bad director. The orchestra was good too.
Leta from San Francisco, California
ABSOLUTELY DREADFUL
I’ve been an opera goer for many years and this is the first time I had to leave after the first act. I was really looking
forward to what sounded lik a creative and daring performance. Instead it was deadly dull. Minimal staging and
didn’t seem to have a musical score
Truly awful
NPK from San Francisco, California
EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES
This modern opera lacked drama, character, emotion and musicality.
In order of contributions, I would say Dame Shirley’s voice was
stunning, the set was spare but inventive, John Adams’ score had some
interesting orchestral juxtapositions but was generally monotonic, and
Peter Sellers’ libretto was disorganized and devoid of plot and pacing.
If SF Opera wants to attract anyone under 60 to the art form that is
opera, they will have to make a more accessible work that engages
instead of lectures the audience.
Lidia Belknap from San Francisco, California
MONOTONOUS, BORING, IRRITATING
I couldn’t stay for more than one act. It seemed that the piece was written for robots,
which don’t have emotions - all in one tone. May be the singers had nice voices and were
talented, but it was hard to appreciate them, since their voices were used in so narrow
way.
RC from San Francisco, California
THE FIRST LIVE SHOW I'VE EVER WALKED OUT OF
The singing was great, the staging was mostly interesting, the orchestra did the best they
could with what they had to work with. BUT, the music was awful. It was atonal and
dissonant, which rather than accent the score, was the entire listening experience. It made
no sense with the lyrics, which were disjointed at best. Even if you like modern,
experimental music, this just wasn't good. Save your opera money for a different show.
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