San Francisco Opera Center Announces 2020 Adler Fellows

The San Francisco Opera Center has announced the 2020 Adler Fellows. This year’s group includes 10 singers and two pianists / apprentice coaches who will begin their fellows in January of 2020. They include soprano Anne-Marie MacIntosh, soprano Elisa Sunshine, soprano Esther Tonea, mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, tenor Zhengyi Bai, tenor Christopher Colmenero, tenor Christopher Oglesby, and tenor Victor Starsky. Baritone {…}

Opera Meets Film: How Joon-Ho Bong’s ‘Parasite’ Develops Ironic Narrative Through Handel’s ‘Rodelinda’

“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features Joon-Ho Bong’s “Parasite.” In reviewing “Parasite,” Indiewire’s David Ehrlich has previously stated that director Joon-Ho Bong is a genre unto himself. This very film starts off as a comedy of sorts as it follows a family of four slowly con themselves into jobs with a wealthier family. But then the film takes a turn into a darker drama that eventually {…}