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Don Giovanni Kicks Off SF Opera’s Summer Season

May 8, 2022May 8, 2022

San Francisco Opera opens its 2022 Summer Season with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni from June 4–July 2 at the War Memorial Opera House. Director Michael Cavanagh’s … Read more

Categories Classical Music, Music, Opera, San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House

Benefit Concert for Ukraine: “Concert of Compassion”

May 3, 2022

“Our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos. They sing to the wounded in hospitals, even to those who can’t hear them. But the music will break through anyway.”  –  … Read more

Categories Classical Music, Events, Music, Opera, Theatre Tags Concert of Compassion

SF Opera Nominated for “Webby Awards”

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022
In Song: Amina Edris (Amina Edris and Amir Awad) Photo: Mostafa Abdel Aty

San Francisco Opera’s In Song, an intimate video portrait series produced with Lumahai Productions, is one of five nominees for best “Video Series & Channels: Music” … Read more

Categories Classical Music, Opera, San Francisco Opera Tags Webby Awards

Latest Opera Parallèle Production Could Not Be More Timely

February 24, 2022February 24, 2022
Opera Parallèle Sophia's Forest - Maggie Finnegan as Sophia A- PC Steve DiBartolomeo.

As Europe faces a critical threat of war, a new focus has been placed on how refugees from the Ukraine will be assimilated. Against this … Read more

Categories Grace Cathedral, Music, Opera, Opera Parallele

SNAPSHOT Features West Coast Opera Composers This Spring

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022
The School for Girls Who Lost Everything in the Fire, By Composer, Ryan Suleiman & Librettist, Cristina Fríes

For the sixth year in a row, West Edge Opera and Earplay chamber music ensemble has announced the lineup for their showcase of new opera works, SNAPSHOT. SNAPSHOT is an … Read more

Categories Earplay, Music, Opera, The Taube Atrium Theater, West Edge Opera

Immigration Saga: “Sophia’s Forest” to Grace SF Grace Cathedral

February 9, 2022

OPERA PARALLÈLE PRESENTS Sophia’s Forest Music by Lembit Beecher Libretto by Hannah Moscovitch An immigrant family’s story of hope & the healing power of imagination. … Read more

Categories Classical Music, Music, Opera, Opera Parallele Tags Grace Cathedral

San Francisco Opera Reaches Centennial Milestone This Season

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022
SFO General Manager (Photo Credit: Sasha Arutyunova)

San Francisco Opera Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock and Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim recentlly announced plans for the … Read more

Categories Classical Music, Music, Opera, San Francisco Opera

New North Stage Door Episode Now Available For Ferry Riders

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022
SFO Prompter, Circa 1947. Photo Courtesy of San Francisco Opera

Ferry riders seeking a new podcast experience for their waterborne crossings are in luck, as the San Francisco Opera recently released the latest episode of … Read more

Categories Classical Music, Opera, San Francisco Opera Tags North Stage Door, Podcasts

Maestro Thomas Conlin Muses on Upcoming Wagner Production

January 4, 2022January 3, 2022
Thomas Conlin Photo Credit: Devon Cass

As noted in an earlier post, The Empress Theatre has reopened after two long years as a darkened venue due to the COVID pandemic. On Saturday, … Read more

Categories Interviews, Opera Tags Empress Theatre in Vallejo, Interview, Opera, Vallejo

Interview: Othalie Graham on Wagner in Vallejo

December 29, 2021
Othalie Graham photo credit: Devon Cass

As noted in an earlier post, The Empress Theatre has reopened after two long years as a darkened venue due to the COVID pandemic. On … Read more

Categories Classical Music, Interviews, Music, Opera Tags Empress Theatre in Vallejo
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