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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 {…}
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Pocket Opera Announces ‘Handel with Care’ Mini-Concert

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San Francisco’s Pocket Opera has announced the second of its three virtual mini-concerts comprising the company’s aptly named PocketWatches series. “Handel with Care” features soprano Marcelle Dronkers and pianist Jefferson Packer performing arias from Handel’s “Agrippina,” “Alcina,” and “Rinaldo.” The concert will stream on Sunday, April 18, 2021, at 3:00 P.M. PDT, on Pocket Opera’s Facebook and YouTube channels. The {…}
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Pocket Opera Announces 3 Concerts, Virtual Gala

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Pocket Opera has announced the transmission of Pocket Watch, a three-song concert miniseries, as well as its Virtual Gala 2021, “Offenbachanalia,” commemorating the 44th year of its founding by its Artistic Director Emeritus, Donald Pippin. All performances will be streamed on the company’s official YouTube Channel and Facebook. The first concert, entitled “Songs of Concealment,” will be opened by baritone {…}
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Pocket Opera Unveils Online Programming

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Pocket Opera has released several mini-concerts online. Since the pandemic shut down opera companies across the globe, the company has endeavored to continue bringing opera via digital means. The company, which continued to pay partial fees to every singer, director, costumer, and prop artist involved in the 2019-20 season, launched a 3-song Mini Concert Series, culminating in the concert by {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Pocket Opera 2020 Review: Don Giovanni

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(Photo Provided by Pocket Opera) Pocket Opera, the San Francisco Bay Area’s flagship chamber opera company, opened its 2020 season on March 1, 2020 with the Mozart/Da Ponte masterpiece, “Don Giovanni.” The production was the first under the leadership of the company’s recently installed artistic director, Nicolas A. Garcia. Garcia previously served as the assistant artistic director under Pocket Opera’s {…}
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Pocket Opera 2018-19 Review: La Rondine

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Puccini’s “La Rondine” soared out of Berkeley’s Hillside Club Sunday afternoon, in full flight. Pocket Opera, under the artistic direction of Nicholas A. Garcia and music director David Drummond, gave voice to its bittersweet charm. With the Pocket Philharmonic tucked neatly upstage and the small cast of ardent singers weaving in and out of a petite and well-designed set, the {…}

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