https://operawire.com/teatro-nuovo-announces-2022-season/
Teatro Nuovo has announced its 2022 season featuring two operas. The company will also resume its renowned training program, giving an immersive course in Bel Canto style and technique to 22 elite young singers who will serve as the understudies and chorus of the two operas. The season will open with Rossini’s “Maometto Secondo” with bass Hans Tashjian in the {…}
https://operawire.com/eun-sun-kim-to-lead-san-francisco-operas-the-future-is-now-adler-fellows-concert/
San Francisco Opera is set to present “The Future is Now: Adler Fellows Concert” on Dec. 10, 2021. The showcase, which marks the culmination of the 2021 Adler Fellows will feature Anne-Marie MacIntosh, Elisa Sunshine and Esther Tonea; mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh; tenors Zhengyi Bai, Christopher Colmenero and Christopher Oglesby; baritone Timothy Murray; bass Stefan Egerstrom and pianists Kseniia Polstiankina Barrad and Andrew King. Audiences will hear a wide array of opera scenes, arias, {…}
https://operawire.com/annual-an-evening-on-the-stage-gala-dinner-honored-the-littlefield-family-at-san-francisco-opera/
(Credit: Nico Henderson for Drew Altizer Photography) The annual “An Evening on the Stage” gala dinner at San Francisco Opera honored The Littlefield Family on November 30, 2021. The annual event was held on the War Memorial Opera House stage amid the setting for Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” The Littlefield Family has supported San Francisco Opera for multiple generations beginning {…}
https://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-center-announces-2022-adler-fellows/
(Credit: San Francisco Opera official website) The San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson and General Manager Markus Beam announced the 11 recipients of the 2022 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship. The selected singers to be Adler Fellows in 2022 are sopranos Anne-Marie MacIntosh, Mikayla Sager, Elisa Sunshine, and Esther Tonea; mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Beteag; tenors Victor Cardamone and Edward {…}
https://operawire.com/red-curtain-addict-to-present-death-by-aria/
Red Curtain Addict is set to present “Death by Aria” on Oct. 28, 2021. The showcase, which will take place at The Green Room in San Francisco, California, will star sopranos Esther Tonea and Elisa Sunshine, mezzo-Soprano Simone McIntosh, tenor Christopher Ogelsby, baritone Simon Barrad, bass Kirk Eichelberger, and pianist Ronny Michael Greenberg as they take on music from a {…}
https://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-announces-the-adlers-live-at-the-drive-in/
San Francisco Opera is set to present “The Adlers: Live at the Drive-In” starting on April 29. The outdoor concert will feature the company’s Adler Fellows in a 70-minute performance staged by Jose Maria Condemi. The performers include sopranos Anne-Marie MacIntosh, Elisa Sunshine, Esther Tonea, mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, tenors Zhengyi Bai, Christopher Colmenero, Christopher Oglesby, baritone Timothy Murray, bass, Stefan {…}
https://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-to-present-the-barber-of-seville-in-a-drive-in/
(Credit: Stefan Cohen/San Francisco Opera) San Francisco Opera stages its first live opera performances with Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” The opera will be offered in a drive-in setting at San Rafael’s Marin Center and will open on April 23 and showcased for eleven performances running through May 15. Director Matthew Ozawa adapted the opera into a 90-minute version {…}
https://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-announces-live-performances-in-2021-digital-premieres-virtual-ring-cycle-festival/
San Francisco Opera has announced that it will be returning to live performances starting in the Spring 2021. The company will present a 90-minute drive-in version of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” directed by Matthew Ozawa starring Daniela Mack, Alek Shrader, Lucas Meachem, Laura Krumm, Philip Skinner, Kenneth Kellogg, and Catherine Cook. Roderick Cox makes his company debut at the podium. {…}
https://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-center-and-merola-opera-program-announce-2020-schwabacher-recital-series/
The San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program have announced their 37th annual Schwabacher Recital Series for 2020. The performances, which are scheduled at San Francisco’s Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater, will feature emerging artists from around the globe. The first concert will showcase a set of performers recently seen as part of the Merola Opera Program. Mezzo-soprano {…}