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David Pershall, Christopher Oglesby Headline San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program’s 2019 Schwabacher Recital Series

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San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program will present the 36th season of the Schwabacher Recital Series. The series of four recitals will be held in the Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theatre in San Francisco between Feb. 13 – Apr. 24, 2019. The program is aimed at introducing gifted up-and-coming artists to Bay Area audiences. Works performed will {…}
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Opera Parallèle to Present ‘Harvey Milk Reimagined’ with Michael Kelly

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(© 2025 www.mattsimpkinsphotography.com) Opera Parallèle is set to conclude its 15th anniversary season presenting the West Coast debut of “Harvey Milk Reimagined,” a bold and timely refreshed version of the groundbreaking opera originally composed by Stewart Wallace and librettist Michael Korie. The newly conceived two-act production, presented in collaboration with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, will be performed from {…}
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Wendy Bryn Harmer, Limmie Pulliam, Katrina Galka & Craig Irvin Lead Utah Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Utah Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s “The Shining” conducted by Geoffrey McDonald and directed by Brian Staufenbiel. The production will star Craig Irvin, Kearstin Piper Brown, Christian Sanders, and Patrick Blackwell. Performance Dates: Oct. 11-19, 2025 Tara Faircloth directs Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with Wendy Bryn Harmer, Limmie Pulliam, Zachary Nelson, David Soar, Stephanie Chee, and Aaron McKone. Performance {…}
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Calgary Opera to Present ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ & ‘Gianni Schicchi’

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Calgary Opera is set to present a double bill featuring “Bluebeard’s Castle” and “Gianni Schicchi.” The operas will be presented at Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium on April 5, 9, and 11, 2025. Bartók’s work will star Giuseppe Altomare and Sara Gartland while Puccini’s opera will include Giuseppe Altomare, Kirsten LeBlanc, Christopher Oglesby, and Marianne Cornetti. Jonathan Brandani conducts the production by Alain Gauthier. In {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

San Francisco Opera 2024-25 Review: Carmen

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(Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera) Whether Nietzsche actually meant it when he declared Bizet’s “Carmen” to be the perfect opera, or whether it was merely a literary tantrum aimed at his once-beloved Richard Wagner, it matters not. The resounding overture to “Carmen” provides its own argument as to the opera’s justified and beloved place in the canon. Love is a {…}
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Eve-Maud Hubeaux & Jonathan Tetelman Lead San Francisco Opera’s ‘Carmen’ Production

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San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Fall Season concludes with the Bizet’s “Carmen.” The production by Francesca Zambello will be performed between Nov. 13–Dec. 1 at the War Memorial Opera House. Mezzo-soprano Eve-Maud Hubeaux is set to make her American debut in the title role alongside Jonathan Tetelman as Don José, Louise Alder as Micaëla, and Christian Van Horn as Escamillo. The {…}
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San Francisco Opera 2024-25 Review: Tristan und Isolde

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(Credit: Cory Weaver) Whether you view Richard Wagner’s opera, “Tristan und Isolde,” as an expressive tale of universal human redemption or simply a unique take on the many medieval romances of love and death, there is no question it casts a spell. In the opening of San Francisco’s new production by Paul Curran, conducted by San Francisco’s own Eun Sun {…}
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Simon O’Neill & Anja Kampe Lead San Francisco Opera’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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San Francisco Opera is set to present Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” The opera is set to be presented between Oct. 19 and Nov. 5 for five performances under the baton of Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim. Paul Curran makes his company debut directing a cast that will be led by Wagnerian interpreters Simon O’Neill and Anja {…}
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San Francisco Opera Review 2024-25: The Handmaid’s Tale

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(Photo credit: Cory Weaver) The West Coast premiere of “The Handmaid’s Tale“, by composer Poul Ruders and librettist Paul Bentley fills the War Memorial Opera House with a performance as harrowing as the dystopic story itself. Delayed by the pandemic from its originally scheduled debut, the co-production of San Francisco Opera (SFO) and the Royal Danish Theatre runs through October {…}

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