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Kelly Guerra, Derek Chester, Aaron Sheehan, Hadleigh Adams Headline West Edge Opera’s 2025 Summer Festival

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West Edge Opera has announced its 2025 summer festival. First on the slate is Nicolás Lell Benavides and Marella Koch’s “Dolores,” which was developed through the company’s Aperture Program. It explores the journey of activist Dolores Huerta and her work with the United Farm Workers during the Delano Grape Strike, among other major events. The opera stars Kelly Guerra, Phillip {…}

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Vanessa Becerra & Hadleigh Adams Lead Opera Parallèle’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’

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Opera Parallèle is set to collaborate with SFJAZZ for Philip Glass’ opera “Beauty and the Beast.” The opera is based on the epic 1946 romantic fantasy film by French poet and filmmaker, Jean Cocteau. The production, which is set to be performed on July 14, 15, 16, and 17 at SFJAZZ, will fuse opera and film. In a statement, Opera {…}

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Kang Wang, Nicholas Phan, Hadleigh Adams & Nicole Cabell Lead Seattle Symphony’s 2022-23 Season

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The Seattle Symphony has announced its 2022-23 season featuring several international performers. Here is a look at the vocal performance. Enrique Lopez-Yañez conducts José Sibaja and Mónica Ábrego in a program of Latin American music. Performance Dates: Oct. 14 & 16, 2022 Tan Dun conducts his piece “Buddha Passion” with Sen Guo, Huiling Zhu, Kang Wang, Yupeng Wang, Batubagen, and Chen Yining. {…}

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Opera Parallèle Announces 2026 Spring Season

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Opera Parallèle has announced the its spring season continuing its 16th anniversary season. The spring season opens with “La Belle et la Bête” by Philip Glass. Performed live to Jean Cocteau’s iconic 1946 surrealist film, the work’s score and the film’s dreamlike imagery merge into a mesmerizing cinematic–operatic experience. OP Founder & Artistic Director Nicole Paiement will conduct the 8-piece {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

The Atlanta Opera 2025 Review: La Belle et la Bête

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Philip Glass is a living national treasure. Many of his projects innovate in strange ways. Likewise, The Atlanta Opera (TAO), under Tomer Zvulun’s direction, has displayed a knack for enticing opera audiences in novel fashions. This has included a run of “La Bohème” interlaced with its heir “Rent,” seen last year, and a slightly operatic presentation of the Broadway musical {…}

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Kelly Guerra to Headline Opera Southwest’s ‘Dolores’

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Opera Southwest will present “Dolores” this October. The opera, which explores the story of civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, will take the stage of the National Hispanic Cultural Center-Journal Theatre on Oct. 26, 31, and Nov. 2, 2025. The work is set in 1968 during the Delano grape strike’s third year as farmworkers in California built a unified movement to {…}

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Sasha Cooke, Nathan Granner, Sean Kelly, Angela Yam Headline Opera Parallèle’s 2024-25 Season

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Opera Parallèle has announced its 2024-25 season. First up is “Everest,” which will be presented at the California Academy of Sciences, Morrison Planetarium. The immersive opera fuses graphic novel imagery and operatic storytelling to explore the 1996 famed expedition of the landmark. The opera stars Sasha Cooke, Nathan Granner, Kevin Burdette, Hadleigh Adams, Charlotte Fanvu, Shawnette Sulker, Whitney Steele, and {…}

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San Francisco Opera 2023-24 Review: Partenope

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(Photo: Cory Weaver) French soprano Julie Fuchs is the current toast of her operatic genre, as much as the character she portrays in the San Francisco Opera production of George Frideric Handel’s “Partenope.” Last weekend’s audience cheered, screamed, applauded, and thrilled to Fuchs’s electrifying dispatch of the daunting role—her final aria even stopped the show in its tracks! With glamorous costuming {…}

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Julie Fuchs & Carlo Vistoli Lead San Francisco Opera’s ‘Partenope’

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San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Summer Season will continue with Händel’s “Partenope.” The opera will be showcased in Christopher Alden’s 2014 production and Christopher Moulds, a baroque specialist, will conduct. The opera will star soprano Julie Fuchs in her American debut in the title role of Partenope, Carlo Vistoli in his U.S. debut, Nicholas Tamagna, Daniela Mack, Alek Shrader, and Hadleigh Adams. {…}