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Pocket Opera 2024 Review: The Cunning Little Vixen

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(Photo credit: Pocket Opera) More than earning its cult following, San Francisco Bay’s Pocket Opera continues to enchant music-lovers of all ages and varying attention spans. Armed with the mission embraced by its founder Donald Pippin, the Pocket Opera breathes life into rare, under-appreciated, and flat out delightful operas. Sculpting them within a chamber setting—the final performance of Leoš Janáček’s {…}

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Cape Town Opera Presents ‘SHORTS: A Festival of Pocket Operas’

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(Image credit: Allegra Bernacchioni) Cape Town Opera has announced “SHORTS: A Festival of Pocket Operas” is set to take place at the Artscape Arena April 11-21. The series of concise operas is a celebration of operatic innovation and storytelling features the world premiere of Conrad Asman’s “Trial by Media,” Francis Poulenc’s “La voix humaine,” and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Impresario.” {…}

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Pocket Opera Unveils 2024 Season

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California’s Pocket Opera has announced its 2024 season. The season opens with “La Cenerentola.” Performance Dates: Feb. 25- March 10, 2024 Next up is “Cunning Little Vixen” with Amy Foote, Spencer Dodd, and Hope Nelson. Donald Pippin provides a new translation of the Janacek opera. Performance Dates: April 14 – 28, 2024 Third on the schedule is “The Merry Wives of Windsor” {…}

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Wexford Festival Opera Announces Directors for 2023 ‘Pocket Opera’ Productions

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Wexford Festival Opera has announced that Heather Hadrill and Grace Morgan have been named as the directors for the “Pocket Operas” of their 2023 festival. WFO received applications from young, Irish or Ireland-based artists to develop stage concepts for the operas. Wexford local Heather Hadrill will direct Donizetti’s “La fille du regiment.” Her directing credits include Handel’s “Acis and Galatea,” {…}

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Tri-Cities Opera to Present Pocket Opera Project

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Tri-Cities Opera is set to present the Pocket Opera Project: Stories of The Southern Tier. The presentation will be on Oct. 1 at the Tri-Cities Opera Center in Binghamton, NY. The hour-long Pocket Opera Project will consist of four mini operas based on short stories written by local middle-school students. Stage Director/Mentor/Librettist Santino DeAngelo and Composer/Project Coordinator Canaan Harris will {…}

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Pocket Opera 2022 Review: No Love Allowed

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Comic? Sassy? Wagner? In English? That’s what’s on offer with Pocket Opera’s “No Love Allowed,” a bright, energetic revival of Richard Wagner’s second opera, “Das Liebesverbot.” The production features a translation by the company’s beloved founder, Donald Pippin,  as directed by Stage Director Nicholas A. Garcia, and with music conducted by Jonathan Khuner. In this work, the Sorcerer of Bayreuth {…}

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Michelle Drever, Nika Printz, Leslie Sandefue Headlines Pocket Opera’s 2022 Season

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Pocket Opera has announced its 2022 season. The season will open with “The Merry Widow” starring Jennifer Ashworth and Orson Van Gay. Performance Dates:  March 27 – April 10, 2022 Next up is Wagner’s rarely performed “Das Liebesverbot.” The opera will star soprano Leslie Sandefur and Patrick Hagen. Nicolas A. Garcia directs with Jonathan Khuner conducts. Performance Date: May 15 {…}