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News, Season Announcement

Deutsche Oper am Rhein Announces 2026-27 Season

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The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres Zemlinsky’s “Der Kreidekreis” will be conducted by Hendrik Vestmann and directed by David Bösch. The cast includes Lavinia Dames, Katarzyna Kuncio, Maria Gulik, Richard Šveda, Riccardo Romeo, Cornel Frey, Joachim Goltz, Marcel Brunner, Sarah Ferede, Jorge Espino, Romana Noack, and Mathilde Guedj. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 22, 2026 Wagner’s “Die Meisterisnger von Nurnberg” {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

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 {…}

News

Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award Winners Announced

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From the Top, America’s largest national platform celebrating young classically trained musicians has announced the 2024 recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award. The award was given to 21 pre-collegiate musicians out of 250 who applied. Each will receive up to $10,000 and the funds will be made available for instrument purchases, summer camp tuition, college audition expenses, private {…}

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 {…}